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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a large general hospital located north of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, [[USA]], that offers maternity services.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a large general hospital located north of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, [[USA]], that offers maternity services. | |url=https://www.northside.com/ | ||
|title=Northside Hospital | |||
|publisher=Northside Hospital | |||
|date=2024 | |||
|accessdate=2024-10-09 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
Northside Hospital has been the scene of several [[circumcision]] disasters. | Northside Hospital has been the scene of several [[circumcision]] disasters. | ||
==Circumcision gone wrong== | ==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 | |||
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|publisher=The Atlanta Constitution | |||
|website= | |||
|date=1991-03-12 | |||
|accessdate=2024-10-09 | |||
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The condition of the first boy, who is identified as "Antonio" was described as: | |||
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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 | |||
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|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}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Complete penile amputation]] | |||
* [[Informed consent]] | |||
* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]] | |||
* [[United States of America]] | * [[United States of America]] | ||
* [[Wrongful circumcision]] | |||
{{REF}} | |||
[[Category:Circumcision complication]] | |||
[[Category:Lawsuit]] | |||
[[Category:Litigation over circumcision]] | |||
[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||