FOX 13 Investigates: Heber City man dies after 9 teeth pulled at student dental clinic
and last updated 2021-02-03 11:38:49-05
HEBER CITY, Utah â University of Utah Health and Intermountain Healthcare have both promised to investigate the death of a Heber City man who died one week after getting nine of his teeth pulled at the University of Utah student dental clinic.
Joshua Cordery, 35, was also discharged from Intermountainâs Heber Valley Hospital two days before his death.
The patient was not prescribed antibiotics during either visit.
According to his death certificate, Joshua Cordery died of lung damage caused partly due to a bacterial infection known as streptococcus intermedius bacteremia. A medical examiner wrote Influenza A and bronchopneumonia also contributed to the lung damage.
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