An 8-day-old infant was circumcised in a Miami, Florida hospital without the informed consent of the parents. According to the mother, she told the staff at South Miami Hospital on a number of occasions that the child was not to be circumcised.
The baby, who was being cared for in the intensive care unit (ICU), was taken from the ICU to perform the surgery. Although the baby didn’t suffer any complications from the surgery, the mother said that the damage had already been done.
When the error came to light, the hospital issued a statement saying the baby’s circumcision was an “unfortunate mistake” caused by a misread consent form. The doctor and nurses informed the family what had happened. The hospital said that the procedure was performed following appropriate surgical guidelines but that in light of the error, new procedures were implemented to ensure the mistake will not happen again.
An attorney representing the family said “they went and they did an unnecessary, unwanted surgical procedure on this child without the parents’ permission.” He further stated that the procedure constitutes more than medical malpractice; it is a battery and human rights violation with lifelong consequences.
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