Dental clinic that led to death of eight patients in Tamil Nadu’s Vaniyambadi shut down

Unsterile surgical instrument was used to open a saline bottle at the clinic. Reuse of the bottle’s contents had led to at least 10 people contracting neuromelioidosis — a bacterial infection of the brain — which allegedly led to the death of eight patients, says a study.

Dental clinic that led to death of eight patients in Tamil Nadu’s Vaniyambadi shut down
Unsterile surgical instrument was used to open a saline bottle at the clinic. Reuse of the bottle’s contents had led to at least 10 people contracting neuromelioidosis — a bacterial infection of the brain — which allegedly led to the death of eight patients, says a study.