WA Australian Medical Association president Mark Duncan-Smith urged parents to only follow through with the procedure if there was a valid medical reason.
Summary
- And that has to be part of the evaluation of whether or not it’s appropriate for a child to have a circumcision.'
- His warning comes after a two-year-old boy died after suffering an allergic reaction to anaesthesia given to him during the procedure on Tuesday.
- The top doctor pointed out rates of circumcision had declined in Western Australia over the last few decades.
- Dr Duncan-Smith said circumcision was mainly still practised for religious reasons by members of the Jewish and Muslim community.
- ‘There are no suspicious circumstances – this medical procedure took place at an authorised medical facility,’ he said.