A five-month-old baby lost his life after a homemade circumcision | Chronic

A five-month-old baby died Friday night at the Sant Orsola Hospital in Bologna, Italy. The miner arrived Friday afternoon in desperate conditions because of a circumcision operation. The parents, of Ghanaian origin, have operated at home. The investigation of police officers from the city of Reggio Emilia took place on Friday following a report from the hospital of Scandiano. The prosecutor's office investigates the parents for homicide.

According to what has been rebuilt up to now, the newborn was in a desperate situation after undergoing a domestic circumcision operation, which the parents themselves would have done. Therefore, emergency transport was needed with the helicopter rescue service from Sant 'Orsola to Bologna, where the baby died. The investigations are in progress.

"This is a very serious fact and I hope that those responsible will pay harshly before the law for this unprecedented fact"he badured Alessio Mammi, the mayor of Scandiano.

And he went on to say, "it is naturally very serious that this happens in 2019, it is disturbing to note that there are still people who practice these ritual activities, of a very old nature, that threaten to risk the life of so young people children "all the more so as we have a very large network of territorial services that allows us to carry out similar interventions in safety and in the most appropriate phases of life. the children. "

For cultural, religious or hygienic reasons, between 4,000 and 5,000 foreign children in Italy are circumcised each year. About 35% suffer from practice clandestinely, and often not performed by doctors, with the risk of infections and hemorrhages that can be life threatening.