The death of a 2-week-old baby boy who contracted herpes following a Bris Milah, is being investigated by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
A spokesman for DA Charles Hynes yesterday confirmed that prosecutors are looking into the Sept. 28, 2011, death at Maimonides Hospital.
Metzitzah B’peh was performed at the Bris Milah.
The story was first broken by the NY Daily News, this past weekend. It is not known why the story was first reported 6 months after the tragic death.
(YWN Desk – NYC / NY Post)
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“…why the story was first reported 6 months after the tragic death…” Probably because anyone who dares question Metzitzah B’peh, even on grounds that afterall are a matter of pikuach nefesh, gets trashed as an Anitsemite by the Chareidishe hords.
If the mohel did his regular alone tests and wasn’t feeling ill, there prob should be no problem.
Oh, goody, here we go again.
6 months later? i know the reason why…
בימים ההם בזמן הזה
at purim, then wanted to be mevatel mila
להיודים היתה אורה ושמחה וששון ויקר
ששון זה מילה שנא’ שש אנכי על אמרתך כמוצא שלל רב