Dentist feels hospital erred in treating man who bled to death following extraction

Lawrence Gopaul

The dentist who extracted the tooth of a man, who later died at the Georgetown Public Hospital of haemorrhaging and a blot clot in the brain, believes his life could have been saved if he had seen a specialist while admitted to the facility.

Dental Surgeon Dr Ruben Mercado, of the C Persaud (Anand) Dental establishment at Peter’s Hall on the East Bank Demerara