Baby Dies After His Parents Circumcised Him At Home Without Medical Assistance

Baby Dies After His Parents Circumcised Him At Home Without Medical Assistance

A five-month-old boy has died after his parents tried to circumcise him at home without any medical assistance.

The infant went into cardiac arrest at home in Bologna, Italy, as a
result of the botched circumcision. He was airlifted to hospital on
Friday afternoon but died later that night, according to local sources.

The parents have been charged with manslaughter following the boy’s death.

This comes following a botched home circumcision of a two-year-old
who died of severe blood loss in December in Rome. In that case, his
twin brother nearly died, too, but survived following intensive care
treatment.

Circumcision is not practised among Italy’s Roman Catholic majority,
according to Metro UK. Many immigrants in Italy are Muslim and practice
circumcision for cultural and religious reasons, but sometimes have
trouble accessing the practice in hospitals. For some, the hospital
costs are too high. Also, in some Italian hospitals, doctors refuse to
perform circumcisions until the boys have reached the age of 4 or even
older. Foad Aodi, the founder of the association of foreign doctors in
Italy (AMSI), has appealed to health authorities to allow circumcisions
at affordable prices and to lower the age of access to help fight
clandestine attempts at circumcisions.