Being put under is serious business, and in some oral surgeries, 100% necessary (I will detail my personal experience in a second).
As others have noted, people have died from simply being put under, having an allergic reaction, etc. Being monitored is vital in all cases.
I don’t think the ‘40-min’ excuse, or the ‘she turned out fine’ excuse should keep possible legal action from happening. Now, would I sue? hard to say. If the people involved were asked by a medical board to pay a fine of some sort, I think that should go to the patient. Millions for this? no. 5-to-6 digits? I can see that.
My personal story:
A couple of decades ago I had to have wisdom teeth surgery. 3 of the 4 were impacted, and growing sideways, as opposed to thru the gumline. No way this could have been done with ‘a shot of novocane’ b.s., this was SURGERY. Hospital surgery, not in-and-out at a clinic or dentist’s office. Being fully put under, the whole nine yards. Came out 100% for what they expected. No problems.
My point is that to dismiss this person as a ‘drama queen’ or whatever because ‘she was left in an office after being put under, ha ha’ is crap. If she had something that was serious enough to have to be put under to fix, it’s a real deal. Going to a clinic to have something done is hard for some people to take mentally (we can talk about my 5-week hospital stay for an undiscovered/misdiagnosed burst appendix when I am 100% afraid of docs/hospitals/needles and what that did to my head ANYTIME).
I wouldn’t be too hard on this patient for what she went thru..thats all I’m saying.
>>I wouldn’t be too hard on this patient for what she went thru..thats all I’m saying.<<
All she went through?
She’s looking for millions. Can we say “victim complex”?
I’ve had the surgery she had. I’ve had worse. Hysterectomy last year, C-Section, root canal, should I go on?
This chick had no permanent damage. It isn’t worth millions. Period.