Ontario baby boy dies after circumcision
A week-old Ontario baby died from complications after undergoing a circumcision in a provincial hospital...
OTTAWA -- A week-old Ontario baby died from complications after undergoing a circumcision in a provincial hospital.
Information about the case was published in the April edition of Pediatric Child Health.
The baby, whose name has been withheld by the parents, passed away after his bladder became enlarged to seven times its normal size.
No charges were ever laid and no legal action was ever taken in the case.
According to the article, the boy was "bottlefed and was reported to be doing well when he was circumsized."
Five hours later, the parents returned to the hospital with the infant, who had become "irritable and had blue discolouration" below the belly button.
Doctors noted the symptoms but decided the boy was not ill enough to be admitted.
Fourteen hours after the circumcision, according to the report, the child was taken to another hospital and immediately transferred to a pediatric centre, where his bladder was found to be "seven or eight times its normal size."
The PlastiBell ring, which is used to hold back the foreskin after circumcision, was removed and the penis drained, but the child went into shock.
"If the PlastiBell had been taken off five hours after he got there, he would be alive," said the article.
A coroner attributed the baby's death to septic shock, leading to failure of the kidneys and other organs.
-What kind of legal action should be taken? Sue the hospital? Doctor lose his/her license?
-Does this change your opinion at all? Make it stronger?
OTTAWA -- A week-old Ontario baby died from complications after undergoing a circumcision in a provincial hospital.
Information about the case was published in the April edition of Pediatric Child Health.
The baby, whose name has been withheld by the parents, passed away after his bladder became enlarged to seven times its normal size.
No charges were ever laid and no legal action was ever taken in the case.
According to the article, the boy was "bottlefed and was reported to be doing well when he was circumsized."
Five hours later, the parents returned to the hospital with the infant, who had become "irritable and had blue discolouration" below the belly button.
Doctors noted the symptoms but decided the boy was not ill enough to be admitted.
Fourteen hours after the circumcision, according to the report, the child was taken to another hospital and immediately transferred to a pediatric centre, where his bladder was found to be "seven or eight times its normal size."
The PlastiBell ring, which is used to hold back the foreskin after circumcision, was removed and the penis drained, but the child went into shock.
"If the PlastiBell had been taken off five hours after he got there, he would be alive," said the article.
A coroner attributed the baby's death to septic shock, leading to failure of the kidneys and other organs.
-What kind of legal action should be taken? Sue the hospital? Doctor lose his/her license?
-Does this change your opinion at all? Make it stronger?