"In a small room at the offices of Anchorage Pediatric Group, Doctor Charles Ryan is getting ready to circumcise a 12 day old baby.
Ryan is doing more circumcisions in the office, instead of the hospital, these days. About a year ago, he found out Alaska Regional Hospital is charging more than $2000 for the procedure. For comparison, Providence Hospital, a few miles away, charges $235. So the doctors in Ryan’s office decided to stop doing circumcisions at Regional.
In an email, a hospital spokesperson says the cost is so high in part because the hospital has to be ready to treat minor and major medical emergencies."
http://www.alaskapublic.org/2013/06/20/anc…ospital-charge/
Wenn das eine Krankenhaus den fast 10fachen Satz eines anderen nimmt, um gegen medizinische Notfälle gewappnet zu sein - was lernen wir daraus? Jedenfalls nicht, dass Beschneidung absolut und völlig und immer komplikationslos verläuft. Nicht mal im Krankenhaus...