Posted on 07/07/2013 11:01:19 AM PDT by csvset
AFP - Botched circumcisions killed 30 young men and landed almost 300 more in hospital during traditional initiation rites in a South African province, the health department said Sunday.
The 30 deaths in rural Eastern Cape province occurred during the annual season when young males undergo a rite of passage into manhood.
Ten other youths were hospitalised after being rescued from a forest on Sunday, said provincial health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo in a statement.
"The ten initiates' private parts are rotten. They are badly damaged. Their condition is scary," he said.
A further 293 young men were undergoing hospital treatment for dehydration, gangrene and septic wounds, Kupelo added.
Some had lost their genitals.
Teenagers from ethnic Xhosa, Sotho and Ndebele groups typically spend around a month in secluded bush or mountains areas for their initiation to manhood.
This includes a circumcision as well as lessons on masculine courage and discipline.
Traditional surgeons perform the procedure in the bush, sometimes with unsterilised instruments or lacking in technique.
Botched circumcisions leading to penis amputations and deaths are an annual tragedy.
In May around 34 deaths in two other provinces were reported.
The ruling African National Congress said Sunday it was "distressed" over the latest deaths.
It called for basic medical training of the traditional surgeons to render "an entrenched and necessary part of our cultural fabric" safer.
If skill is lacking, compensate with enthusiasm.
It would appear that membership is dropping off.
Nobody wants to hire the second-best mohel.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
This is one situation where you don’t want to be a big tipper.
That made me laugh out loud, then I had to show the article to my wife..
He does trims.
Moses asking God
Let me get this straight
They get all the oil and we gotta cut off the ends of our WHAT?
“Hey Sam did you wash my knife after you skinned the pig?”
“Never mind I used it anyway!”
Note to self. The term “traditional surgeons” has nothing to do with being trained surgeons. Do not seek a traditional surgeon for ANY procedure.
Botched circumcisions leading to penis amputations and deaths are an annual tragedy....And, truly. We wince and talk about how barbaric this is and how can we help Africa come out of it’s truly ignorant barbarity, but, to put it mildly, “WHO GIVES A SHIITE?” Animals are animals and if you don’t swat them on the nose, they will continue their behavior.
Penis amputation would really be bad.....For who?
There a fine line beween a high circumcision and a low sex change
What IS that? A throwing knife?
Caption the Photo: Guy on far left: “I ain’t gonna like this.”
If this nobamacare crap continues, I bet that “traditional” doctors become most of the docs in the US. Stay healthy, everyone.
“If Obama had a foreskin...”
Well, they shouldn’t have circumcisions done by the village barber. Things like this happen when you tell ‘em to take a little off the top...
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