Canadian hospital pauses tonsil surgery after deaths of 2 children [Video]

A Canadian hospital is pausing scheduled tonsil and adenoid surgery for patients under 18 after two children who underwent the procedure died just after being discharged, officials said last week. 

McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario treated both patients, Hamilton Health Sciences said in a June 7 statement. One child passed away the day after their surgery, while the second died nine days after the procedure.

One died in May and the other in June. 

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Dr. Devin Peterson, chief of pediatric surgery at the hospital, said the pause was made out of an abundance of caution and hospital officials were “deeply saddened” by the deaths. 

“This is a very rare occurrence,” he said in a video message. 

The deaths don’t appear to be connected, officials said. The cause of deaths for both patients has not been determined. 

The Canadian Society of Otolaryngology says a tonsillectomyis considered …