麻豆约拍

In September 2022, Clive Worthington committed suicide after living in pain for 14 years, following botched dental surgery in Hungary.

In 2019, Dr Eszter G枚mb枚s was ordered to pay 拢117,000 in compensation and damages to Clive. Due to Dr G枚mb枚s being a member of the Dental Defence Union, payment was discretionary and they refused to pay out.

麻豆约拍 Essex鈥檚 Ian Wyatt spoke to Clive鈥檚 daughter, Gina Tilly.

In a statement, the Dental Defence Union said:

鈥淲e are unable to comment on individual cases. We would however point out that the DDU is part of a not-for-profit mutual membership organisation which provides its members with indemnity for clinical negligence claims for treatment provided in the UK and Ireland.

鈥淚t is rare that we are unable to offer our members support: over the past five years we have assisted well over 99.5 per cent of members who have approached us for support with claims and other legal matters.鈥�

The General Dental Council have also said they will not comment on individual cases but said: 鈥淧atients must be able to seek compensation in the rare event that something goes wrong in their dental care.

鈥淚t is deeply frustrating that weaknesses in the current legislation caused the system to fail in this instance.

鈥淲e encourage the Department of Health and Social Care to accelerate their work to review and update the existing provisions, which we as regulator can then apply.鈥�

麻豆约拍 Essex has also approached Dr Eszter G枚mb枚s for comment.

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