Chinese authorities punish a dental clinic in Shaanxi province after a 63-year-old man says he went in for a single toothache but the clinic removed all 12 teeth left in his mouth and withdrew money from his bank accounts. The patient, identified as Li from Baoji, reports that he visited Datuanyuan Dental Clinic in September after experiencing pain in one tooth. Li has said he agreed to treatment after being influenced by the clinic’s advertisements. According to multiple reports, Li has medical conditions including high blood pressure and heart disease, and he believed the clinic’s procedures were not consistent with what he sought. After the clinic’s actions were reported, local authorities investigate the case and impose penalties on the clinic, with the reports describing both the dental treatment and the financial withdrawals as part of the misconduct. The case is being discussed publicly as an example of patient harm following alleged over-treatment and improper handling of payment.
Authorities punish Chinese dental clinic after 12 teeth removed and patient accounts drained
Chinese authorities punish a dental clinic in Shaanxi province after a 63-year-old man says he went in for a single toothache but the clinic removed all 12 teeth left in his mouth and withdrew money f...
- A 63-year-old man from Baoji in Shaanxi province visits a dental clinic for pain in one tooth.
- He says the clinic extracted 12 teeth instead of addressing the single toothache.
- Reports say the patient has high blood pressure and heart disease.
- Authorities punish the clinic following the complaint.
- The patient says the clinic also withdrew money from his bank accounts.
A Chinese dental clinic has been punished after it removed all 12 of a 63-year-old man's teeth and drained his bank accounts, despite him only going in for a toothache.
2 hours agoA Chinese clinic has been punished by authorities after it extracted the 12 remaining teeth from a 63-year-old man with high blood pressure and heart disease, and withdrew all the money from his accounts. The man, surnamed Li, from Baoji, northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, went to the Datuanyuan Dental Clinic to have an aching tooth checked last September. Li recently told Chinese media outlets that he believed the clinic’s ads, such as “Get a dental implant in the morning and eat meat in...
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