Speech Therapist Sues Dentist For Rs 10 Crore After Surgery Makes It Too Difficult For Her To Talk

Many surgeries and medical treatments go without a hitch. Going through a similar and traumatising situation, a speech therapist is suing her dentist for nearly one million pounds, for a botched-up surgery while extracting her wisdom teeth, reported The Metro. The 55-year-old Alison Winterbotham claims that she was injured while having her lower right wisdom tooth removed by dentist, Dr Arash Shahrak, in November 2020 after suffering painful gum inflammation. Alison Winterbotham, who is a speech therapist by profession, has been greatly affected after the surgery, as the pain makes it difficult for her to speak comfortably. However, the dentist denies all the allegations, asserting he gave his patient comprehensive advice about the hazards before they went ahead with the surgery and that he had no reason to assess her as ‘high risk.’ Giving evidence to the media outlet, Mrs Winterbotham likened her pain to a constant burn, explaining, “My tongue is burning and tingling all the time, and I’m in pain.