A young mother of two went into a coma after a wisdom teeth surgery gone wrong.
Kristen Tavares, 23, Hawaii, suffered from a cardiac arrest during her surgery and was immediately flown into a hospital in Maui.
Her father, Joe Tavares told Hawaii News Now, as reported by NY Daily News that CT scans reflected that his daughter's brain is swollen and her heart is very weak, preventing doctors from doing any medical procedures on her.
The surgery was done by Dr. John Stover who has several clinics throughout Hawaii and is also licensed to conduct cosmetic surgeries. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs website of Hawaii says that Stover has valid medical and dental licenses. As a practitioner, he has received four complaints since 2010.
In 2010, Stover was sued on the account of failing to display professional conduct but this was dismissed due to lack of evidence. In 2012, he was sued again for the same complaint, this time for his medical license, but the case was thrown out again due to insufficient evidence.
Two more complaints were filed against him in 2012 and 2013 but the investigation for these cases is still ongoing.
Stover did not make any comment about Tavares' case.
"It's really hard especially for her family and just having our three-month-old son and to be put in this situation is really hard," Chauncey Prudencio, Kristen's boyfriend, told WAVE-TV. "It's very strenuous and stressful for everyone."
Kristen's three- month-old baby is staying with her boyfriend's family while her four-year-old is staying with her sister.
This is the second case of dental surgeries going wrong in Hawaii. In January, a three-year-old boy died after being in a coma in Oahu.
