CAPE TOWN – Two 15-year-old Pondoland boys were hospitalised on Wednesday night after they were circumcised by a youth of the same age, the Eastern Cape health department said yesterday.
The boys, from the Ngqeleni area, were admitted to St Barnabas hospital in Libode, and were being treated for dehydration. Doctors had yet to decide whether to re-do the circumcision operation, which had not been carried out properly.Department officials were also investigating a report that seven boys in the Ngqeleni area had been “taken” by someone claiming to be a traditional surgeon.Nampa-SapaDoctors had yet to decide whether to re-do the circumcision operation, which had not been carried out properly.Department officials were also investigating a report that seven boys in the Ngqeleni area had been “taken” by someone claiming to be a traditional surgeon.Nampa-Sapa
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