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Miscommunication leads to circumcision at Thai clinic
Jan 24, 2009, 1:42 GMT
Bangkok - Thailand's Medical Council has exonerated a male nurse who mistakenly circumcised a 12-year-old boy instead of removing an abscess from his mouth, news reports said Saturday.
Acting Medical Council President Somsak Lohlekha said the unwanted circumcision was the result of a 'miscommunication' between doctor and nurse, reported the Bangkok Post.
The boy's mother, Rattanaporn Manaschuen, on Thursday lodged a complaint with the council after her son had his foreskin removed at a clinic in Samut Prakan instead of receiving treatment for a mouth abscess.
After investigating the case, Somsak concluded that the clinic's doctor had ordered an 'excision' be performed on the boy but the nurse had understood that a 'circumcision' was needed.
Looking on the bright side, Somsak advised the mother of the now circumcised boy that the operation would help him keep his genitalia clean.
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Circumcision is harmful the parents should be informed of this and counselled as should this young man. The parents should seek legal advise and sue for this assault on their child to which neither he nor they consented
Oh - and by the way, who cares about that abscess! LOL
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RobertJan 24th, 2009 - 18:48:13
I am sure that the victim will find little comfort in the loss of the majority of his penile nerves and penile sensitivity [as proven the studies by Taylor (1991) and Sorrels (2008)]in the flippant and erroneous remark about 'cleaner'. This is simply another myth used to try to justify an irrational procedure!
I consider Thailand my second home and this sort of unnecessary and harmful procedure should be prosecuted as it would be in my home country--Thailand needs a revamping of it legal and ethical standards!
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