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== South Africa == | == South Africa == | ||
In 2009, until 15 August 2009, 53 boys died as a result of improper circumcision in South Africa, while thirteen boys suffered penile amputations.<ref name="dispatch">{{REFweb | In 2009, until 15 August 2009, 53 boys died as a result of improper circumcision in [[South Africa]], while thirteen boys suffered penile amputations.<ref name="dispatch">{{REFweb | ||
|url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=337230 | |url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=337230 | ||
|title=Dispatch Online | |title=Dispatch Online | ||
}}</ref> Dehydration, hypothermia, blood poisoning, heavy [[bleeding]], and the fact that most boys don't seek help until it's too late are the most common causes. The circumcisions are performed without anesthetics using traditional circumcision tools. | }}</ref> Dehydration, hypothermia, blood poisoning, heavy [[bleeding]], and the fact that most boys don't seek help until it's too late are the most common causes. The circumcisions are performed without anesthetics using traditional circumcision tools. | ||
Many more young people are admitted to hospitals with inflamed or mutilated genitals. Gangrene results in the loss of the glans in some. | Many more young people are admitted to hospitals with inflamed or mutilated genitals. [[Gangrene]] results in the loss of the [[glans]] in some. | ||
Dimaza: "Apparently some were taken to hospital very late, so there is nothing the doctors can do for them. Your manhood just falls off."<ref name="dispatch"/><ref>{{REFnews | Dimaza: "Apparently some were taken to hospital very late, so there is nothing the doctors can do for them. Your manhood just falls off."<ref name="dispatch"/><ref>{{REFnews | ||