A teenage student tragically died after a wisdom tooth extraction, shocking the public.
According to Japan’s Sankei Shimbun, an incident occurred in July last year at the Sakai City Severe Disability Dental Clinic in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, where a 17-year-old boy named Yudai Tomikawa (富川勇大) died during a wisdom tooth extraction.
Shortly after the left wisdom tooth extraction began, Yudai Tomikawa’s blood oxygen saturation levels dropped dramatically.
The hospital staff proceeded with the surgery, believing he was experiencing bronchial spasms. However, it was later revealed that the end of the tube had become dislodged, preventing sufficient oxygen from reaching his lungs.
In an emotional interview, Tomikawa’s father, Yuoh, expressed his outrage. “They didn’t call an ambulance until his oxygen levels fell to around 20%—just before he went into cardiac arrest,” Yuoh said. “I can’t understand why they didn’t notice sooner. They seemed more focused on completing the surgery than on saving my son’s life.”
Yuoh questioned the hospital’s response: “Why wasn’t the tube checked immediately? Why wasn’t an ambulance called right away? The more I learn, the more this seems like an inexcusable error.”
Tragically, Yudai Tomikawa never recovered and died a month later after suffering prolonged hypoxia.
Yuoh received only a brief report and a formal apology from the hospital, but it fell short of clarifying the incident or the exact timeline. “Losing a child feels like living in hell,” Yuoh lamented, calling on the hospital to prevent such senseless tragedies in the future.
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