BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Authorities say a Bismarck oral surgeon who was temporarily suspended from practicing medicine has died from a suspected drug overdose.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that first responders attempted to revive Dr. Mansureh Iravani with Narcan, a drug meant to reverse the effects of opioid overdose. She was pronounced dead Monday night at a local hospital. Police released her name on Thursday.
Investigators say fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, was found inside Iravani’s residence.
State regulators suspended the 50-year-old Iravani in March after complaints she pulled the wrong teeth, started procedures without enough sedation and yanked surgical stitches from a patient’s mouth.
Iravani said after the suspension was announced that the allegations were mostly false and she planned to come back and “be a good oral surgeon in this community.”
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Information from: Bismarck Tribune, https://www.bismarcktribune.com
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