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Posted by: Cinderella

Dentist pulled out teeth 'as a lesson'





A dentist who pulled out an elderly woman's teeth without anaesthetic "to teach her a lesson" has been thrown out of the profession.
David Quelch left the 87-year-old with blood pouring from her mouth after she made a complaint about previous treatment at his hands, a discipline hearing was told yesterday.
He was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Dental Council yesterday and the committee ordered his name be removed from the register
His patient, a retired nurse from Bexhill, East Sussex, had told the central London hearing: "Mr Quelch told me to sit in the chair and raised my feet above my head.
"I told him I had pain and he told me he was going to extract my teeth. I objected, I didn't think it was necessary. He ignored my remarks and pulled out the tooth. I was bleeding profusely."
She added: "I said I didn't want my tooth removed, he pushed me back, pushing me hard across my chest and extracted the second tooth. All I wanted was a filling."
She had first attended Mr Quelch's practice at St Leonard's Road, Bexhill, for a filling in September 2001 and claimed his attitude was casual and unprofessional.
The woman told Mr Quelch on a second visit in December 2001 that she had seen a doctor and complained about the dental treatment.
It was then that he was said to have removed two of her teeth against her will and shouted: "That'll teach you not to complain to the doctor about me."
The GMC panel ruled that he carried out the excruciatingly painful procedure but found charges that he restrained her and against her will not proved.
The panel also concluded that the woman had not told him he should not extract a second tooth, although he had failed to explain the risks or alternative treatment

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Posted by: OCKS

Did you say lawsuit? If you could prove the tooth didn't need to be pulled you could actually go criminal I would think.

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Posted by: USMCMP5811

Not to say what the Dr did wasn't wrong, but she made 2 pervious complaints......

Don't you think that after the first of even the second complaint that you would find a new dentist to go to?
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Posted by: Nachtwächter

In the UK's healthcare system can you actually get a new doctor?

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Posted by: dcs2244

In the UK's wonderful "health care" system, you're lucky you could get a timely appointment, let alone a choice of doctors. As far as a law suit goes: it's not America, where you can sue a company and be awarded a large amount of cash because you spilled hot coffee on your monkey. I'll bet it's even more difficult to sue as the health care system is run by............................the federal government.

Just like what Hillary and Teddy (Aquaman) Kennedy want to ram down our throats (of course, congressmen and their families will be exempt, as they are exempt from social security).

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Posted by: Cinderella

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nachtwächter In the UK's healthcare system can you actually get a new doctor?

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/...out_health.htm

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Posted by: Nachtwächter

It looks like there is a limited number of dentists in the system. That could be the problem.

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Posted by: Cinderella

yes it is a problem changing dentists..

unless u want to go private which is very expensive

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Posted by: dcs2244

Cindy,

I'm surprised about the limited dental care in England, given the reputation for dental excellence that Englishmen enjoy (I am justifiably proud of my English smile...)!

dcs

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