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==History==
Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being circumcised by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had gangrene in his penis, but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Botched circumcisions send four boys to hospital in Kuopio
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinkinews08-21-01/
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|date=2001-08-21
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The [https://stm.fi/en/ministry Ministry of Social Affairs and Health] and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities sent a letter to Finnish university hospitals in 2003 to urge them to perform non-medical circumcisions, however some doctors have refused to perform the operation, saying that it violates the physical integrity of the child.<ref>{{REFnews