A Greensboro ambulatory dental surgical practice where a child died in July has been halted by state health regulators from using three new procedure rooms because they don’t conform to state regulations.

The 23 deficiencies listed include wiring issues, building code violations, leaks in the medical gas system and mechanical emergency stop switches not functioning.

Valleygate, based in Fayetteville, is doing business as Valleygate Dental Surgery Center of the Triad, located at 510 Hickory Ridge Drive.

Valleygate’s four facilities in North Carolina provide dental surgical procedures in a hospital-like setting while the patient is under general anesthesia.

Valleygate is the subject of a Greensboro police investigation of the death of a child at the facility that occurred on July 17. Pol

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