A North Texas woman says she woke up from a medical procedure to find her front tooth missing.
After undergoing a colonoscopy and an upper GI endoscopy, a procedure to put a flexible tube down a patient’s mouth to examine the upper gastrointestinal system, Tamara Knight-Trigg said she woke up from anesthesia with a strange feeling in her mouth.Get DFW local news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.“First words were, you know, 'am I missing a tooth?' That's exactly how I asked them, you know. This is crazy,” Knight-Trigg said.
Knight-Trigg asked the hospital to cover the cost of repairing the tooth and shared email communication with NBC 5. “Talking to you, I didn't even realize I was still hurt by it,” said Knight-Trigg. “I'm hurt physically, mentally and I'm hurt, I’m mad. NBC 5 Responds reached out to the hospital. By phone, Hunt Regional Healthcare tells NBC 5 Responds, in part, as a public hospital, it’s the steward of taxpayer funds in Hunt County. It said it has to look at every situation closely and balance what’s fair to the patient and what’s fair to the community as a whole.
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