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===Circumcision death=== | ===Circumcision death=== | ||
A Seville Grove, WA family presented two brothers for elective circumcision surgery at Gosnells Medical Clinic on 7 December 2021. | A Seville Grove, WA family presented two brothers for elective non-therapeutic circumcision surgery at Gosnells Medical Clinic on 7 December 2021. | ||
The healthy two-year-old was circumcised at [http://www.gosnellsmedicalclinic.com.au/ Gosnells Medical Clinic] in Gosnells, WA, on 7 December 2021. | The healthy two-year-old was circumcised at [http://www.gosnellsmedicalclinic.com.au/ Gosnells Medical Clinic] in Gosnells, WA, on 7 December 2021. | ||
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The two newly circumcised boys were discharged to their home in Seville Grove from Gosnells Medical Clinic. | The two newly circumcised boys were discharged to their home in Seville Grove from Gosnells Medical Clinic. | ||
A spokeswoman from [https://stjohn.org.au/ St John Ambulance] confirmed the toddler was in a ‘critical condition’ when emergency workers arrived at the home at about 6:30 pm.<ref>{{REFnews | St. John Ambulance service was called to the home for the two boys in the evening. A spokeswoman from [https://stjohn.org.au/ St John Ambulance] confirmed the toddler was in a ‘critical condition’ when emergency workers arrived at the home at about 6:30 pm.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Likely cause of WA toddler’s death after circumcision revealed | |title=Likely cause of WA toddler’s death after circumcision revealed | ||
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10287861/Toddler-2-dies-baby-brother-fighting-life-botched-circumcisions.html | |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10287861/Toddler-2-dies-baby-brother-fighting-life-botched-circumcisions.html | ||
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|title=A two-year-old child from Seville Grove in Perth, Washington, died after a failed circumcision. | |||
|url=https://olxpraca.com/a-two-year-old-child-from-seville-grove-in-perth-washington-died-after-a-failed-circumcision/ | |||
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}}</ref> The two boys were transported to nearby Armadale Hospital. | |||
The two-year-old toddler died from complications of a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] operation. He was declared dead-on-arrival at [https://emhs.health.wa.gov.au/Hospitals-and-Services/Hospitals/AHS| Armadale Hospital] in the late evening of of 7 December. | |||
His younger brother was transferred to Perth Children's Hospital for emergency surgery to stop the hemorrhage. | |||
===AMA warns against circumcision=== | ===AMA warns against circumcision=== | ||