CHICAGO, Dec. 18 An autopsy has been scheduled for a Chicago middle school principal who died of an apparent heart attack during a root canal procedure.
A spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said Georgette Watson, 46, was pronounced dead Monday at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.
Police said Watson, principal of the Brentano Math and Science Academy, went into cardiac arrest during a root canal procedure at the offices of Feldman & Feldman DDS.
The police said Watson had been sedated before the dental procedure, but it was not clear whether she was unconscious or under local anesthetic.
Documents available at the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Web site show the licenses of Lawrence Feldman and Joseph Feldman were put on probation in July "due to substandard dental work and failure to maintain records."
The exact nature of the offenses is not cited in the documents. The Web site said doctors "whose licenses are placed on probation are allowed to continue practicing subject to certain terms and conditions."
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