News24 | Eastern Cape's penile rehabilitation programme gives hope to victims of botched circumcisions

News24 | Eastern Cape's penile rehabilitation programme gives hope to victims of botched circumcisions

The provincial health department said the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha was chosen as the healthcare centre to administer penile rehabilitation of young men who were affected by botched circumcision in the eastern part of the province.

The SP has asked Parliamentary questions to the Minister of Health Fleur Agema and Secretary of State for Education Mariëlle Paul about the threat of female genital mutilation. The reason is a study by the GGD that states that around 20,000 women in Amsterdam have undergone a circumcision (FGM). Thousands of Amsterdam girls are also expected to become victims, Het Parool wrote earlier. Member of Parliament Sarah Dobbe (SP) asks several questions…