Botched circumcision allegations against Quebec doctor grow
Dr. Raymond Rezaie awaiting Quebec Collège des Médecins disciplinary council decision
A Montreal doctor accused of botching more than 30 infant circumcisions is facing another complaint about his medical conduct.
The investigative unit with Quebec's Collège des Médecins has already filed a complaint against the family doctor, documenting 31 cases in which boys who underwent circumcisions performed by Dr. Raymond Rezaie required corrective surgery.
The dates of the cases in that complaint range from July 2010 to October 2013. The matter is now before before the college's disciplinary council.
Now another mother, identified only as Nadia to protect the identity of her son, has added her name to the list of worried parents.
The boy's mother asked that the family's last name and the name of her son not be published because they do not want him to be associated with Rezaie and complaints against him.
Nadia told CBC’s Daybreak that Rezaie circumcised her three-month-old son this fall. She said she trusted the doctor because members of her mosque had recommended him.
But after the procedure, Nadia said her son was in pain for weeks.
An infection developed under some of the skin left behind after the procedure, and it started to bleed, she said.
Nadia said she returned to the doctor’s office several times for advice, but her son’s condition continued to worsen.
That’s when she took her son to the Sainte-Justine hospital, where she was told her son would need to see a surgeon.
“Three days later, I saw surgeon and he was like, ‘Wow what's that?’” Nadia told Daybreak.
Her son has since received corrective surgery and is recovering from the ordeal. Nadia filed her own complaint with the college of physicians this week.
“This is not fair. The babies suffer,” she said.
Rezaie was not available for comment when he was contacted by CBC yesterday.
A decision on whether Rezaie can continue to perform circumcisions while he awaits the college's disciplinary council ruling is expected later this month.