Doctor Charged in Baby's Death During Circumcision

0:00A doctor in California is now facing felony and voluntary manslaughter charges after a two-day old baby boy died during a circumcision procedure last year in Orange County. Prosecutors say the infant got the wrong medication at a clinic in Garden Grove with toxicology tests showing sky-high levels of demoral that heavy. Narcotic painkiller leading straight to his death from related complications like acute intoxication and brock of pneumonia. The baby's parents aren't stopping there. They've hit the doctor with a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming straight up medical malpractice and fraud, which shows how these tragedies ripple out into civil fights too. Dr. Hong and Jan pleaded not guilty back in February, and right away a judge yanked his license to practice medicine in the state while the criminal. Case rolls on, he's due back in court, may first for pretrial hearing. Both the criminal charges and that civil suit are pushing forward on separate tracks, underscoring how rare but real risks in newborn procedures can lead to full accountability

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