Circoncisione Infantile Maschile

New York, neonato muore per herpes dopo la circoncisione

NEW YORK – Morire per una circoncisione: è quello che è successo ad un piccolo di due settimane di Brooklyn, New York, lo scorso settembre. Secondo quanto scrive il New York daily News il neonato sarebbe morto al Maimonides Hospital per aver contratto l’herpes dopo l’operazione di circoncisione.

Più esattamente si sarebbe trattato di un virus dell’herpers simplex di tipo 1. Ancora oggi, scrive il quotidiano di New York, non si sa chi abbia eseguito la circoncisione.

Nel 2004 gli operatori sanitari della città avevano rivelato che un altro bambino era morto per una circoncisione effettuata dal rabbino della contea di Rockland. In quel caso, infatti, seguendo il rito ultraortodosso il rabbino aveva cercato di fermare il sangue dalla ferita del piccolo con la propria bocca. Una pratica poco igienica, con possibili conseguenze nocive.

Già in quell’anno si verificarono tre casi di neonati colpiti da herpes contratto in seguito ad una circoncisione.

Fonte:http://247.libero.it/focus/21214313/22/new-york-neonato-muore-per-herpes-dopo-la-b-circoncisione-b/

Bambino muore dopo essere stato circonciso

Il dolore sommerso dei residenti nel Comune di Kasese, in Uganda, quando un bambino di tre settimane di età è morto dopo aver subito la circoncisione in Ospedale. La madre del bambino Dorah Muhindo, ha detto che aveva incaricato il personale sanitario a St. Paul Health Centre, che le avevano consigliato di non allattare il bambino dalle 6 del mattino in quanto l'operazione doveva essere fatta alle 7, ma ha invece avuto luogo alle 11. Un parente, che ha preferito l'anonimato, ha detto che il bambino è stato dimesso alle 05:00.

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I genitori ha detto che il bambino è stato dimesso prima che lui ha ripreso conoscenza, e le sue condizioni hanno iniziato a peggiorare quando hanno raggiunto a casa. Il bambino è stato riportato in ospedale ma era troppo tardi per salvargli la vita. I sanitari hanno cercato di accusare la madre della morte del figlio. Ora indaga la polizia sull’accaduto.

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I residenti hanno promesso di portare la questione in tribunale se la famiglia lascia cadere il problema.

In quattro mesi, quattro bambini sono morti a St. Paul Health Centre e al Masereka Health Centre, dopo la circoncisione

Kasese - Grief engulfed residents of Kasese Municipality when a three-weeks old baby died after undergoing circumcision. The baby’s mother Dorah Muhindo, said she was instructed by the health workers at St. Paul’s Health Centre IV not to feed the baby from 6am since the operation was to be done at 7am but it took place at 11am.

A relative, who preferred anonymity, said the child was discharged at 5pm. A medical source at the health centre said: “Imagine a three-week-old child spent more than eight hours without eating and no fluids were given to him, obviously his glucose levels reduced causing dehydration and eventually death.”

The parents said the child was discharged before he regained consciousness but his condition worsened when they reached home. The baby was taken back to the hospital but it was too late to save his life. However, health workers accused the mother of having breast-fed him before the recommended time.

A death certificate from the health unit reads: “The child died because of being breast-fed before he gained consciousness.” Locals wondered how a child would be discharged by a medical worker before gaining consciousness.

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Residents have vowed to take the matter to court if the family drops the issue.

Within four months, four children have died at St. Paul’s Health Centre IV and Bishop Masereka Health Centre, after circumcision.

FONTE: www.circumstitions.com/news/news44.html#uganda-death

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/6...42/-/b1gmqez/-/

Eastern Cape Deaths
from Circumcision, 2011:28
in 2010 Total: 62



EASTERN CAPE: Another death

King calls for halt in initiate deaths

Il Re invita a fermare la strage

Re Mpendulo Zwelonke Sigcawu ha lanciato un appello ai leader tradizionali di lavorare insieme con i loro rispettivi consiglieri comunali, nel tentativo di frenare queste "inutili" morti...

Eastern CapeXhosa King Mpendulo Zwelonke Sigcawu has appealed to traditional leaders to work together with their respective municipal councillors in a bid to curb the “unnecessary” deaths of initiates during the December holidays.

The king said it was the duty of traditional leaders to show leadership when there was something amiss in their territories.

“To me it is not a good thing to read about the deaths of initiates, hence I am saying that traditional leaders must show their leadership in this important custom of our forefathers,” said Sigcawu.

Two initiates were reported dead in Matatiele and Bizana earlier this month.

The latest umkhwetha (initiate) to die was from Holela village, Centane, last Thursday.

Police spokesperson Capt Jackson Manatha said: “It is alleged that the deceased was from a nearby village.

“Elderly men observed that he was ill and weak. A car was organised to take him to Butterworth hospital but he died on the way. An inquest docket has been opened.”

Sigcawu urged traditional leaders, as custodians of tribal customs, to be at the forefront of stopping the death of initiates.

The provincial government earlier this year set aside R14.3m for efforts to stop the death of initiates.

A total of 25 initiates in the province died in June from genital amputations while 21 died in December last year.

MEC for local government and traditional affairs Mlibo Qoboshiyane in July said: “It was shocking to learn of the increasing commercialisation of traditional circumcision in some communities, with one ingcibi (traditional surgeon) charging R1600 to circumcise one boy.

“In this case, he had at least 61 initiates in his schools,” said Qoboshiyane.

Population Eastern Cape
• Total 5,797,840

www.circumstitions.com/news/news43.html#1

CIRCUMCISION: Another Baby Dies

It's been a while... There's so much I want to write about... There is so much I want to say... I've just been busy with life... work... family... I've been just so overwhelmed...

But I thought this warranted a post.

Often, when circumcision is promoted in this country, the so-called "benefits" of his non-therapeutic surgery are terribly exaggerated, while the risks are completely downplayed, if mentioned at all.

The only ones most parents in this country will hear about, if physicians even bother mentioning them are "pain and discomfort." Few will mention that circumcision could result in MRSA infection, a botched circumcision requiring future correction, partial or full ablation, and even death.

Yes, death is a risk or "complication" of circumcision, but it is rarely mentioned, if at all.

This is what is known and recognized by medical organizations in this country as "informed consent."

An estimated 117 deaths occur every year in the United States due to circumcision. This is a rough estimate, and more conservative than its predecessors (in the past, estimates have been as high as 200 or more deaths per year).

It is hard to get an accurate estimate on the number of deaths in the United States, because deaths due to circumcision are rarely reported as such, if reported at all. At 1.3 million circumcisions a year, circumcision is a money-maker for American medicine, and doctors have an investment to protect. Reporting adverse circumcision effects puts the yearly stipend in jeopardy, not to mention the disrepute it would bring to American medicine. 

Doctors have reputations to uphold, and pocketbooks to line and protect from lawsuits. With so much to lose, there is incentive to hide the evidence. And, parents who would like to maintain their illusion of circumcision being "harmless," and perish the thought that they were actively involved in any way in the death of their son, often agree to keep the death "secret," or report it as the doctor says.

Deaths due to circumcision are often reported as caused by something else, such as "cardiac arrest," or "septic shock." Reporting secondary causes of death hides the fact that they were caused by the circumcision that preceded them. Additionally, hospitals are not required to report deaths caused by circumcision.

Reporting deaths from circumcision would open the floodgates to lawsuits by angry parents and angry men. Reporting deaths from circumcision means loss of revenue. Reporting deaths from circumcision means the "benefits" have to be reconsidered. Reporting deaths from circumcision means that American medical organizations are being irresponsible. Reporting deaths from circumcision means "culture and tradition" is put in danger.

For these reasons, we will never know for sure how many children die as a result of their circumcisions. Reputations to protect, culture and tradition to safeguard, and floodgates to keep sealed.

Meanwhile, boys continue to die.


Connor James was born on Thanksgiving Weekend, Friday, November 25th in Pittsburgh, PA. On Saturday, November 26th, Baby Connor bled to death following his circumcision. Circumcision claims yet another life.

Last year, Joshua Haskins suffered a similar death. After struggling to survive in a NICU with a congenital heart problem, doctors thought it gracious to pressure his mother to have him circumcised "now that he's strong and healthy." Doctors, and even Josh's mother herself insist that Joshua died because of his heart problem (which wasn't aggravated by his circumcision?), although her blog records, which were saved before they were taken down, relate clearly that Joshua had been bleeding uncontrollably, and that it wasn't until 7 hours that doctors caught the nicked vein and decided to stitch it up. By then it was too late.

Would Joshua Haskins still be alive today, had they found the vein in the nick of time?

Who knows.

One thing is for sure though; Joshua was healthy and strong before his circumcision, which unquestionably did cause the complication. Joshua Haskins didn't have to die.

Neither did Connor James.

Neither did countless others before him that we will most likely never know about. 

Circumcision KILLS, people.

Death is one of the "risks" of this procedure.

Considering that there is no medical or clinical necessity to circumcise a perfectly healthy child, is it really worth it?

Without medical or clinical indication, can doctors even be performing risky surgery on a healthy, non-consenting individual, let alone elicit any kind of a "decision" from parents? 

A week from today, Bay Area Intactivists, an intactivist group in San Francisco, will hold a candlelight vigil in remembrance of all male, female and intersex children who have lost their lives due to unnecessary genital surgery.

Rest in peace, Joshua Haskins.

Rest in peace, Connor James.

Rest in peace, Amitai Moshe.

Rest in peace, all of you who died before your time due to this human tragedy.

May one day infant genital mutilation be a thing of the past.