A Miami woman has been left with severe brain damage after a botched dental surgery in Texas left her hospitalized after an alleged fentanyl overdose.
The woman, Maria Lugo Querales, nearly died from the 2022 incident and now lives in an assisted living facility in Florida where she requires a feeding tube, according to a report this week by the San Antonio Express News.
Querales’ husband Luis Espana filed a civil medical malpractice complaint against the dental practice Nunnally, Freeman and Owens, located in Marble Falls, Texas. He is also suing the doctors involved in the surgery, Dr. Lane Freeman and Dr. Stuart Nunnally, on allegations of negligence, according to multiple reports.
Dr. Jerry Teague, the dentist who administered 400 micrograms of fentanyl to Querales, died from cancer two weeks after the incident with Querales. He was distraught and was allegedly dealing with “cognitive issues” at the time, his wife reportedly told police, according to the San Antonio Express News.