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|date=2025-04-28
|accessdate=2025-05-12
}}</ref>, so is his parents elected to give birth at [https://www.nyp.org/morganstanley Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital] in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, which was ''then'' thought to be the best children's hospital in the New York area, so he could be treated for CHD.<ref name="bisram2025">{{REFnews
|title=Circumcision at NYC hospital almost made baby bleed to death, parents say
|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/baby-nearly-bled-to-death-circumcision-parents-say/
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2025-05-01
}}</ref> It also is not clear that the legally required [[informed consent]] was received by the parents, Tim and /or Gabrielle Groth, who apparently granted [[surrogate consent]] for a non-therapeutic surgical [[amputation]] and [[genital mutilation]] in violation of [[Medical_ethics#Medical_ethics_and_circumcision| standards of medical ethics]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ethical-debate-behind-circumcision/
|title=Are We Sacrificing Newborns for Tradition? The Ethical Debate Behind Circumcision
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|quote=Multiple surgeries revealed sections of dead intestine that required removal.
}}</ref> The circumcision procedure needed to be performed before Cole was discharged so that the hospital could collect various fees. It is unclear if Cole received any [[pain]] medication or how effective it was.
No tests were performed to determine the ability of Cole's blood to clot.
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Cole's loss of blood caused by his harmful, unnecessary [[circumcision]] caused substantial organ injury. Part of his intestines died and had to be removed by an abdominal operation. He has been fitted with a colostomy bag.<ref name="degregory2025"/>
He will need additional surgery later to reconnect the residual surviving parts of his intestines.<ref name="degregory2025"/>
There also is concern about liver damage, kidney damage, and brain damage from the [[exsanguination]].<ref>{{REFweb
==Cole's future==
Cole must remain in hospital for several monthsindefinitely, where he is being fed intravenously.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=‘Not out of the woods by any means’: Newborn fights for life after circumcision ‘gone awry’ nearly kills him
|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-woods-means-newborn-fights-152621345.html
It is likely to be a long time before he can join his parents and his brother, Bryce, in their Lake Grove, Long Island home.
On the bright side, Cole's father, Tim, operates a [https://www.timothygrothmdpc.com/ pain management company], so he may be able to help Cole manage his [[pain ]] issues.
==The response from the hospital management==