Overview
- Regional health authorities confirmed the clinic was authorized only for routine dental activity and not for IV sedation or other anesthesia techniques.
- A 4-year-old treated the same day at the clinic remains stable in the pediatric ICU at Hospital Clínico de València after transfer from Hospital de la Ribera.
- A 6-year-old from Algemesí died after arriving at Hospital de la Ribera in cardiorespiratory arrest, with the precise medical cause not yet determined.
- Health inspectors opened an administrative investigation and ordered the precautionary suspension of the clinic’s activity, while a local court began preliminary proceedings.
- Police have focused early inquiries on doses administered by an anesthetist who worked at the clinic, as the owner says IV sedation was used and reports the anesthesia batch is being examined.