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The two-year-old toddler died from complications of a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] operation. He His younger brother was declared dead-on-arrival at [https://emhs.health.wa.gov.au/Hospitals-and-Services/Hospitals/AHS| Armadale transferred to Perth Children's Hospital] in for emergency surgery to stop the late afternoon of of 7 Decemberhemorrhage.
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===Circumcision death===
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 two newly circumcised boys were discharged to their home in Seville Grove from Gosnells Medical Clinic.
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
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10287861/Toddler-2-dies-baby-brother-fighting-life-botched-circumcisions.html
|accessdate=2021-12-16
|quote=
}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews |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/ |last= |first= |init= |author-link= |last2= |init2= |author2-link= |publisher=Olx Praca |website= |date=9 December 2021 |accessdate=2021-12-16 |quote=}}</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.
===AMA warns against circumcision===