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SPOTLIGHT ON A COMMON DENTALX@
PRACTICE IN THX@IS COUCTNTV RY.
EVERY YEAR THOUSANDS OFX@X@CTV
PRESCHOOLERS UNDERGO A GENERAL
X@ANAESTHETIC AT THE DENTIST'S
OFFICTCEV .X@
WHENCT FV OUR-YECTARV -OLD GERAN
ROULETTE WENT IN FOR A ROUTINEX
PROCEDURE, HER HEART STOPPED.
SHEX@X@CTV ENDEDCTV UP BRAIN .
TONIX@GHT THE LITTLE GIRL'SX@ C
IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE CX@ONDITIN
FOR THE X@VERYCTV FIRSTCTV TI.
CTV'S JILL MACYSHON HAS THE
EXCLX@USIVE DETAILS.X@CTV CTV X
>> Reporter: THIS WAS GERALYNNX@
ROULETTE TWO WX@EEKS BCTEFV ORE
FOURTH BIRTHDAY, A SPECIAL VISIT
TO DISNEYLAND.X@X@CTV CTV
V W, TWO MONTHS LATER, HERX@X@
V MOTHER SAYS THIS LITTLE GIRL S
NO LONGER SMILING, NO LONGER
ABLE TX@O STAND ORALK OR FEED
X@
CTHEV RSELF.CTV
>> IS HARD.X@X@CTV CTV X@
IT'S REAX@LLY HACTRDV .CTV
BECAUSE SHE WAS THE BABYX@.X@CT
CT
OUR CORE PRETTY MUCH.
SHE WAS OUR FOCUS.X@X@CTV CTV X@
>> ReporteX@r: HERCT MV OTHER CS
GERALYNN NEEDED EXTENSIVE DENTAL
V RK INCLUDING FILLINGS,X@X@
V EXTRACTIONS AND CAPS.
X@E SAYS A DENTIST AT THIS
V IVATE CLINIC TOLD HEX@R IT WCT
BE LESS TRAUMATIC IF SHE WAS PUT
UNDER.
>> THE DENTIST TOUCHED MX@Y LEC
AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, DON'TX@X@C
WORRY, HE SAYS, YOU DON'T HAVEX@
TO WORRY, X@SHE'S CTINV GOOD C,
SHE HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING
V T BY A CAR THAN ANYTX@HINGX@CT
HAPPENING.
>> Reporter: CTV NEWS HAS
LEARNED A DOCTOR ADMINISTEREX@D
THE ANAESTHESIA, A GENERALX@
PRACCTTIV TIONERCT WV ITH AT LEE
YEAR OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING.X@
X@THE DECTNTV AL CLICTNIV C ISSS
STATEMENT...X@
X@CTV CTV X@X@CTV@
V
X@ SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO BE TAKEN@
TO TCTASV K FOR IT BECAUSE I DOT
WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO ANY MORE
CHILDREN.
X@
>> Reporter: THE CANADIAX@NCTV
DENTAL ASSOCIATION SAYS DENTALX
SURGERY FOR CAVITIES UNDER
GENERAL ANAESTHESIX@A IS THE MO
COMMON DAY SURGERY PROCEDURE AT@
MOST PEDIATRICX@ HOSPICTTAV LS
CANADA.X@
IN MANITOBA AN ESTX@IMATEDCT TV
-- 2,000 PRESCHOOLERSX@X@CTV CT
RECEIVED GENERAL ANAESTHETIC FOR
X@
DENTAL PROCEDURES IN HOSX@PITAL
EACH YEAR AND IN MANY MORE CASE@
ITX@'S DONCTE V IN PRICTVAV TE L
CLINICS.
THIS DENTIST DIDN'T TREAT THE
GIRL BUT SAYS X@ANXIETY IS ONEX
REASON WHY PATIENTS, INCLUDING
X@ILDREN, ARE PUT UNDER.
>> ICTT V MAY BE SOMETHING THATF
THEY DON'T REMEMBER GOING
THROUGH IT, IT'S NOT GOING TOX@
V T THEM ON A LIFETIX@ME OFCT
WORRYING ABOUT WHAT THINGS ARE
GOING TO BE LIKE.
>> Reporter: NEITHER THE
MANITOBA DENTAL ASSOCIATIOX@N N
THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS ANDX@
V RGEONS WILL CONFX@IRM WHCTETVR
THEY ARE INVESTIGATING.
THERX@E'S NOTHING TO INDICATEX@
CHILDREN'S DENTAL WORLD DID NOT@
FOLLOW CORX@RECT PCTROV CEDUREC
X@E ROX@ULETTE FAMILY HAS HIREDA
V LAWYERCT.V
X@EY SAY THEIR DAUGHTER WILLX@
V REQUIRCTE V SPECIALIZED CARE E
REST OF HER LIFE.
JILL MACYSHON, CTV NEWS,X@CTV C
DISABLED.
THE MANITOBAX@X@CTV CTV DENTALN
X@
CTV CTX@X@CTV C
,
V NNOT DISCLOSX@E WHETHER THEY @
V DOING AN INVESTIGATION.
THEY SAY THEYX@ INVESTIGATEX@CT
ANYWHERE THERE ISX@ ANX@CTV CTV.
SHE RECEIVED AX@ GENERALX@CTV C
V ESTHETICX@ AT DANE TAL WORX@L,
V SHE SAYS JERILYN NOW HASX@ BRT
DAMAGE.
X@ THEY WERE PUTTING THE MASKX@N
V HER ANCTDV SHE STARTED TRYIN@
WASX@CTV CTV HOLDER HEARD HANDD
HER ITX@ WAS OKAX@Y, WHECTN V HD
CTKE UP MOMMY WILL BEX@ HERE, I@
V
CTWOV N'T LEAVE YOU, AND THEN SE
CTST NEVERX@ WOKEX@CT UV P.
V
>> THE FAMILY ISX@ CONSULTING
LAX@WYERS CTBUV TCTV NOTHING IS
CHILDREN'S DX@ENTAL WORLDX@CTV T
FOLLOW CORRECT PROCEDUX@RES.
THE CLINIX@CCTV