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<\/p>\nFORT WORTH, Texas – A Fort Worth dentist was arrested on Wednesday after an investigation into a child’s death at her dental office in April.<\/p>\n
Fort Worth dentist arrest <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
48-year-old Chrishelle Hemphill was arrested on July 15 and charged with injury to a child \u2014 serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n
Investigators determined Hemphill was responsible for the April death of a 4-year-old child at Cuddle Kids Dental at 5329 Sycamore Street in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
Dig deeper:<\/p>\n
An arrest affidavit states the victim did not wake up following a procedure performed by Hemphill on Apr. 1.<\/p>\n
An unusually high amount of meperidine (demerol, an opiate) was found in the child’s blood system. A medical examiner said the amount in the child’s system would have been toxic for an adult.<\/p>\n
Investigators also found Hemphill failed to properly address signs of respiratory distress, and gave the victim improper medication to address an opiate overdose.<\/p>\n
The affidavit states Hemphill used an AED to check the child’s pulse after finding the victim unresponsive, and administered Flumazenil to counteract the merepidine when Narcan should have been administered.<\/p>\n
The Source: Information in this article comes from the Fort Worth Police Department.<\/p>\n
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