Circumcision rates dropping, but infant death highlights ongoing debate

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'The post-circumcision death of an infant boy in Ontario has highlighted the ongoing debate about circumcision in Canada, where about a third of parents still choose to circumcise their newborn boys.

Ryan Hedari’s parents say their physician urged them to circumcise their son despite their wish not to, and in 2013 the boy died seven days after the procedure due to shock from blood loss.

Earlier this month an appeal tribunal of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons cautioned the doctor who saw the baby in an emergency room hours after the circumcision procedure, and urged the performing doctor to be mindful of the risks of the procedure and to receive informed consent from patients.

Though the numbers are declining, about a third of Canadian parents still choose circumcision for their sons. That’s despiterecommendations from the Canadian Paediatric Society(CPS), updated last month, saying that circumcision should not be routine for newborn boys.'