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}}</ref> Infant boys have very little blood in their tiny bodies so the ability to withstand [[bleeding]] is very limited. Typically, exsanguination and hypovolemic shock occurs.
Manitoba Services (2022) reported Winnipeg attorney [https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/martin-j-pollock/76357 Martin Pollock] filed a Statement of Claim on 22 June 2022 in the Court of Queen's Bench on behalf of the Muslim mother of a five-year-old boy who was circumcised in Portage la Prairie in 2017. The suit names [https://www.gov.mb.ca/health/ Manitoba Health] and three health care workers as defendants. The mother "alleges in the lawsuit that the injuries suffered by her son were caused or contributed to by the negligence of the two doctors, the nurse and the health region named in the suit, which led to 'severe and permanent injuries.'"<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Baby who bled for hours after circumcision was sent home from ER twice, suffered brain damage: lawsuit
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|quote=The child, now five years old, lives with motor impairment, irreversible brain damage, impaired vision and speech, and developmental delay. He “will continue to suffer the effects of his disabilities for the balance of his lifetime,” the suit says.
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As of 2022, [[third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] has not been available anywhere in Canada since 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> Moreover, non-therapeutic circumcision is not done in most hospitals,<ref name="jamesloewen2019" /> so parents who want to have a boy circumcised must take the boy to the surgery of a practitioner who specializes in non-therapeutic male circumcision, and furthermore must pay out of pocket. For example, the cost of circumcision of a newborn boy in New Brunswick is C$425 ranging up to C$1500 for a teenager or adult.<ref>{{REFweb