In 2024, 23-year-old woman died during wisdom tooth removal in Canada. Two years later, her father sues dentist, seeks funeral expenses

23-year-old Canada woman died during wisdom tooth extraction in 2024. A 23-year-old woman died after undergoing a wisdom tooth extraction at a dental clinic in Canada, and her family has now filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the dentist and the clinic.Virginia Blatz died on November 27, 2024, after visiting Boundary Trails Dental Centre in Morden, Manitoba, for the procedure. Her father, Dulaney Blatz, filed a statement of claim on behalf of her estate in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench on September 29, naming dentist Ronald David Janz, his dental corporation and the corporation operating the clinic as defendants.According to the lawsuit, Virginia was given medication to prepare for the procedure before receiving a local anaesthetic administered by Janz at around 9:20 am. The filing alleges that within minutes, she experienced two brief episodes of tonic-clonic seizures before she stopped breathing and her pulse became undetectable. An ambulance was called, and she was taken to a nearby health centre, where she was pronounced dead.An autopsy reportedly determined that Virginia died from local anaesthetic systemic toxicity after the medication was inadvertently injected into a...