Indian Aspirational Optimism

The licence of an Indian dentist in the USA
was revoked after he attempted to extract 20 teeth
from the mouth of a 64-year-old woman in one sitting
- which, of course, led to her death.

The dentist, Rashmi Patel, was performing the procedure
on Judith Gan on February 17 when she lost consciousness.

The procedure included placing implants in the woman’s mouth
immediately after removing her teeth,
according to the New York Daily News.

The paper quoted Dr. Patel’s assistant as saying
that he had requested his boss to stop the procedure
- but finally he had to run out of the surgery
to call emergency services -
too late: the patient soon died,
said a Department of Public Health report.
 I laughed, I cried...