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{{Construction Site}}'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a large general hospital located north of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, [[USA]], that offers maternity services.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.northside.com/ |title=Northside Hospital |publisher=Northside Hospital |date=2024 |accessdate=2024-10-09}}</ref>
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Northside Hospital has been the scene of several [[circumcision]] disasters.
==Circumcision gone wrong==
In an occurrence reminiscent of the horror of the tragedy of [[David Reimer]], the medical staff of Northside Hospital used an unsuitable electrosurgical cautery to circumcise two boys in August 1985.<ref name="seabrook1991">{{REFnews
|title=$22.8 Million in Botched Circumcision?
|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/1991/1991-03-12_Atlanta_lawsuit.php
|last=Seabrook
|first=Charles
|init=
|author-link=
|last2=
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|author2-link=
|publisher=The Atlanta Constitution
|website=
|date=1991-03-12
|accessdate=2024-10-09
|format=
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}}</ref>
The condition of the first boy, who is identified as "Antonio" was described as:
<blockquote>
The child, who is not 5 years old, had his penis severely burned in a mishap in August 1985. His attorneys said he will never be able to function sexually as a normal male and will require extensive reconstructive surgery and psychological counseling as well as lifelong urological care and treatment by infectious disease specialists.<ref name="seabrook1991" />
</blockquote>
The second boy, who is identified as "Baby Doe", has been described as "sterile and completely incapable of reproduction". He has received a sex change operation and will be reared as a female,<ref name="seabrook1991" /> although that treatment failed in the case of David Reimer.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=David Reimer, 38; After Botched Surgery, He Was Raised as a Girl in Gender Experiment
|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-13-me-reimer13-story.html
|last=Woo
|first=Elaine
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Los Angeles Times
|website=
|date=2004-05-13
|accessdate=2024-10-09
|quote=He committed suicide May 4 in his hometown of Winnipeg, Canada.
}}</ref> His case has been settled out of court.<ref name="seabrook1991" />
The surgeon who performed these mutilating amputations has never been publically identifed.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Complete penile amputation]]
* [[Informed consent]]
* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]
* [[United States of America]]
* [[Wrongful circumcision]]
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[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Lawsuit]]
[[Category:Litigation over circumcision]]
[[Category:USA]]