Queens, NY – A new lawsuit claims a Queens rabbi botched a bris, purposely misled the boy’s parents about the boy’s condition, and neglected to call a doctor after it became evident something was wrong.
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According to DNAinfo.com (http://bit.ly/WGhDB6), Gavriel Barukh, the father of the boy, has filed suit against Rabbi Mordechai Rachminov and the Bukharian Jewish Community Center in Forest Hills for damages caused to the boy during the Oct. 16, 2011 ceremony.
The lawsuit states that after the ritual, Rachminov, 69, misled Barukh by claiming the circumcision was “performed appropriately and that his conduct was within the standard of care and skill required of Jewish mohelim and circumcisers.”
It goes on to state that Rachminov allegedly told Barukh that a physician was not necessary, and that even after it became apparent the bris went awry, both Rachminov and the community center failed to call a doctor.
The suit claims that the delay in medical treatment resulted in greater permanent damage to Barukh’s son.
The boy had to undergo corrective surgery with general anesthesia and may require future procedures, the lawsuit states.
Why is someone who is 79 doing these procedures any longer?
omg! another medical practice lawsuit in America, The New England Journal of Medicine. estimates that 75% of physicians experienced a lawsuit, compared with 99% of physicians in high-risk specialties. the majority of cases will end in fhe physicians favor.
If we do not want the government to regulate milah (ch’v), we must regulate it ourselves to prevent these tragedies from occurring. It often happens that when an industry regulates itself, the government adopts a “wait and see” attitude. Had we taken precautions against dangerous forms of mbp, the goverment would not have gotten involved with that either.
It’s too late with mbp. But it’s not too late with milah.
69
He’s 69
I respectfully suggest that when obtaining the services of a mohel, ask your friends and relatives for the name of an experienced and capable person. In general, people of advanced age are great for advice, but not so great for surgery. Eye and hand coordination and vision issues progress as we age.
Why did they go to the secular courts? This is a mesirah!
perhaps they got a psak that being the mohel tried to cover it up and it is a procedure that nefoshos are involved, he has a din of a rodeph and courts are permissible!?!?!?!
Either this mohel was poorly trained who could not recognize what went wrong or he was a typical crook with no integrity who tried to cover up his mistake to protect his image and business! A good doctor is one who makes mistakes and admits that he makes them.
Everyone should stop and think about the lifelong impact for this baby boy! Will he be able to have children? How will he go about dating process when marriage time comes? How will he be impacted physically and emotionally for life! I hope expert medical care will be able to help this boy, otherwise the situation is tragic and simply a story about a botched bris lawsuit.