Penis amputated 'by accident' The surgeon has been arrested A Mexican surgeon "accidentally" cut off the penis of a patient who had only come in for a circumcision. Federal agents in Tijuana have arrested Dr Francisco Javier Valentin y Ortiz, who worked at a state-run clinic. He is accused of negligent injury, medical malpractice and performing surgery without the proper medical certification. The alleged amputation happened in September 2000 when a man visited the clinic for a routine circumcision operation, in which only the foreskin of the penis is removed. This is a relatively technically simple operation, which can be...
