The Palestinian doctor accused of causing the death of a Kuwaiti child: this is what happened

The Palestinian dentist accused of causing the death of a Kuwaiti child, Abdulaziz Nawaf Al-Rashidi, said that he had not committed any medical errors when treating him. child and that the amount of drugs injected into the child was in accordance with age-appropriate health standards.

During his interrogation, the doctor stated that he "was following the medical steps in the treatment of the child Rashidi during the removal of his molar and that the process of sensitivity caused by anesthesia and causing convulsions, caused by anaphylaxis, is rare, which is medically possible and is usually controlled by first aid, "according to the doctor. Security sources cited the Kuwaiti newspaper "Al-Qabas".

On Saturday, the investigating authorities ordered that the doctor be jailed for ten days for "manslaughter" after being suspended from his job and prevented from going to his interrogation.

Abdul Aziz, 7 years old, died after entering Fahaheel's specialized clinic with his mother to heal her teeth. After an anesthetic injection by the Palestinian doctor (32 years old), the child had a spasm and died a few moments later.

Dr. Hababa Almazidi, head of the Ahmadi Oral Health Program in the Ministry of Health's Department of Dentistry, revealed in a previous press release that the treatment procedures were consistent with the technical and therapeutic protocols followed daily in the clinics. dental and oral health centers, indicating that the actual causes of the child's death were unknown. Up & # 39; here.

Dr. Al-Mazidi explained that the child Abdul Aziz was undergoing the fourth session at the clinic and that he had received topical anesthesia during previous visits without any complications, stressing that a "topical anesthesia" is approved and administered daily to thousands of patients in dental clinics.

The death of Al-Rashidi has caused widespread dissatisfaction among parliaments and the public with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health, as a result of repeated medical mistakes over the last few years during which drug commissions have been reported. investigation were constituted.