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Rogue Dentist Guilty of Something or Other

11/25/2013

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The nation breathes a sigh of relief as rogue dentist Tung Sheng Wu is now safely behind bars. Wu, who practised dentistry from a home office in Burnaby, British Columbia, is responsible for the deaths of… What’s that? No one? I see. No, no, my mistake. I guess I just assumed, from the tenor of the media coverage, that he had probably killed at least a few of his patients. Okay, let me start over.

Rogue dentist Tung Sheng Wu loved the smell of fear. A malevolent look in his eye, he took a strange delight in causing his patients pain, using his dental tools as instruments of… No? Not a psychopath? A perfectly normal, decent human being. Huh. Are you sure? No, no, I get it. Okay, let me see.

Guilty of shoddy dental work, rogue dentist Tung Sheng Wu had to resort to kidnapping unwilling patients at gunpoint and strapping them down in order to… Really? A clientele of over 1,200 patients. Practiced dentistry for over 20 years. Kind of sounds like he had a good reputation, actually, ha ha. Well, consumers are stupid anyway, right? Let’s be honest; they need to be protected from their own lack of sense. Okay, okay, I got it.

Operating under unhygienic conditions, rogue dentist Tung Sheng Wu exposed hundreds of his unsuspecting patients to blood-borne illnesses that now threaten their… No? Dozens? One or two? So far not one of his patients has tested positive for any blood-borne illnesses. Sigh. You’re killing me here. Well, what is he actually guilty of? That’s it? All right, one last time.

Unlicensed dentist Tung Sheng Wu is behind bars after being found guilty of being an unlicensed dentist and disobeying a court order to stop being an unlicensed dentist. As the barriers restricting entry to their profession are reaffirmed, licensed dentists rest easy.
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Adam
11/25/2013 01:47:27 am

It's good to be a member of a guild.

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Mat
12/7/2013 06:16:20 am

Yeap, just like in good old middle ages..Oh nevermind the abject poverty of anyone outside of the guilds and the royalty!

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Angie
12/4/2013 10:30:30 pm

But, if he is so good at what he does and he is so passionate at it, why doesn't he get the license? I'm sure it's not a matter of cost. It's lucky that he happen to be a decent dentist. I guess the need for a license is so unqualified people can not operateand risk people's health. If a licensed doctor do something wrong, people might be able to trace him easier with a license in case he runs away.

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Bradley Doucet
1/28/2014 12:53:12 am

I understand that people want reassurance, but licensing keeps the supply of doctors or dentists low, allowing them to charge higher prices. Also, for immigrants, training received in other countries is generally not recognized, forcing them to undergo a lot of extra training they don't need, and a lot of paperwork.

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    Bradley Doucet is a Montreal writer and the English Editor of Le Québécois Libre.

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