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Dr. '''Haiba Sonyika''', {{MD }}, is a female {{MD }} with over 25 years of experience who practices Obstetrics & Gynecology in Georgia.<ref>{{REFweb | quote= | url=http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Gordon_Sonyika | title=Dr. Haiba Sonyica | last= | first= | publisher=Vitals.com | work= | date=2011-11-09 | accessdate=2012-11-13}}</ref>. In 2004 Sonyika performed a [[circumcision ]] of a newborn that amputated a large portion of his [[glans]].<refname="Bollinger">{{REFweb | quote= | url=http://www.icgi.org/2009/03/atlanta-attorneys-celebrate-botched-circumcision-verdict-for-mother-and-son/ | title=Atlanta attorneys celebrate botched circumcision verdict for mother and son | last=Bollinger | first=Dan | publisher=[[International Coalition for Genital Integrity | work=]] | date=2009-04-29 | accessdate=2012-11-13

On August 27th of 2012 the [[American Academy of Pediatricians Pediatrics]] (AAP) presented a new Policy Statement on Circumcision and Technical Report stating that "the benefits outweigh the risks", yet when it comes a complications like this one, the technical report states that "Financial costs of care, emotional tolls, or the need for future corrective surgery (with the attendant anesthetic risks, family stress, and expense) are unknown.<ref>{{REFjournal | last= | first= | coauthors= | title=Male Circumcision - Technical Report | journal=Pediatrics | volume=130 | issue=3 | pages=e775 | url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/3/e756.full | quote=Financial costs of care, emotional tolls, or the need for future corrective surgery (with the attendant anesthetic risks, family stress, and expense) are unknown. | pubmedID= | pubmedCID= | DOI= | date=2012-08-27 | accessdate=2012-11-12}}</ref> The AAP's policy statements were not re-affirmed so they expired in 2017. The AAP now has NO official position statement regarding [[circumcision]]. == Medical malpractice == In 2001 Sonyika attended a birth in which a female baby suffered permanent and catastrophic neurological injuries, including brain damage and other devastating physical and mental injuries as result of negligence. The parents of the baby were entitled to a recovery against the Defendants for all damages allowed by law.<ref>{{REFweb |quote= |url=http://www.fmslaw.net/documents/Vazquez_Med_Mal_Complaint_2003.pdf |title=Complaint for Medical Malpractice |last= |first= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2012-11-13

In 2004 Sonyika [[circumcised ]] a one week old baby. The nurse assisting in the [[circumcision ]] noted excessive [[bleeding ]] and believed that excess tissue had been removed. In fact, a large portion of his [[glans penis ]] had been severed. The lawsuit indicated medical negligence in the treatment of the severed tissue, which would have been possible to reattach if proper care and attention had been given within 8 hours. Instead, the tissue was placed in a biohazard bag and left at the nurses’ station. No doctor came in to examine the child after the nurse noted the severed tip. The tissue with the tip in it was eventually sent to pathology. The pathologist’s report confirmed the loss of part of the [[glans penis]]. A local pediatric urologist eventually diagnosed the boy with a significant [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| circumcision injury ]] resulting in an [[iatrogenic ]] [[hypospadias]], a physician-caused condition where the urinary opening is on the underside of the [[penis]].

The jury found Drs. Sonyika and Dr. Cheryl J. Kendall, the child’s pediatrician, liable and awarded $1,800,000 to the child. The mother was awarded $500,000 for future medical expenses for psychiatric counseling while the boy is a minor. The hospital was not found liable.<ref>{{REFweb | quote= | url=http://www.icgi.org/2009/03/atlanta-attorneys-celebrate-botched-circumcision-verdict-for-mother-and-son/ | title=Atlanta attorneys celebrate botched circumcision verdict for mother and son | lastname="Bollinger | first=Dan | publisher=International Coalition for Genital Integrity | work= | date=2009-04-29 | accessdate=2012-11-13}}<"/ref>

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