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Public Prosecutor Frankfurt am Main: Doctors under suspicion
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The Frankfurt am Main public prosecutor's office is investigating the death of a four-year-old girl after dental treatment under anesthesia.
The suspicion of negligent homicide is directed against the treating doctors at a dental clinic in the Hochtaunus district and an anesthetist from southern Hesse, the prosecution announced on request.
The "Bild" newspaper had previously reported on the case.
The girl died after a dental treatment at the end of September when she was anesthetized.
According to the public prosecutor's office, a forensic medical examination has not yet revealed a clear cause of death.
However, further investigations were ongoing, the results of which were not yet available.
Three other children also had to be admitted to hospital after treatment in the same dental clinic.
But you could have been released from it in the meantime.
According to the public prosecutor's office, the investigation "of course also extended to these children."
bbr / dpa