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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
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On August 27th of 2012 the American Academy of Pediatricians (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
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The lawsuit indicated that the boy and his family would need significant psychiatric counseling at various stages of his life in order to avoid a bad psychological outcome.
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>
== 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= | work= | date= | accessdate=2012-11-13
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