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DENTIST’S MOUTHWASH KILLS PATIENT
Sacha Rumaner, 30, suffered anaphylactic shock and was dead within minutes
Thursday September 15,2011
By Tom Morgan
A DENTAL patient died from a fatal reaction to mouthwash during routine treatment, an inquest heard yesterday.
Sacha Rumaner, 30, suffered anaphylactic shock and was dead within minutes, moments after complaining she felt hot and had an itchy leg and back before sliding to the surgery floor.
Tests later revealed she had suffered a deadly reaction to chlorhexidinel a chemical in the Corsodyl mouthwash being used to treat a possible infection, a week after she had a tooth out at the Morley Street dental clinic in Brighton, East Sussex. She turned blue, had no pulse and stopped breathing.
Dentist Labina Rahman told the Brighton inquest she used Corsodyl on a weekly basis but had never heard of anyone having a fatal reaction.
Brighton and Hove assistant deputy coroner Dr Karen Henderson said anaphylactic shock was the main cause of cardiac arrest in dental patients so the staff should have treated her with adrenaline.
Speaking after her death her mother, Gillian, 49, said Sasha, who had severe mental health problems, had just managed to forge an independent life in Brighton away from home.
 Tests later revealed she had suffered a deadly reaction to a chemical in the Corsodyl mouthwash  |
The hearing was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
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