McMaster Children’s Hospital is pausing scheduled tonsil and adenoid surgeries for patients under the age of 18 after officials say two pediatric patients who underwent the procedure died shortly after being discharged.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Hamilton Health Sciences confirmed that one child died in May and another died in June. One child passed away the day after their surgery, while the second died nine days after the procedure.
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