By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-03-24 06:01:35 | Updated at 2025-03-26 02:31:37
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A woman in China who suffered ongoing pain after having the wrong tooth extracted then reinserted has been found dead after plunging from a hospital roof.
The 34-year-old woman, surnamed Wu, from Anhui province in eastern China, underwent a wisdom tooth extraction at the Anqing Municipal Hospital on March 12.
The hospital, founded in 1938, is known for its dental department, and is key facility in the city.
Doctors mistakenly removed a healthy tooth then forcibly stuffed the incorrectly extracted tooth back in place.
Wu’s brother told the mainland media outlet Jimu News that the doctor used wire to tie the wrong tooth along with several others.
“For an hour and a half of the surgery, they did not use anaesthesia, and my sister endured it,” he added.
