FIVE boys die of circumcision complications with 28 others hospitalised
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Five boys have died and 28 others currently admitted to several hospitals in Elgeyo Marakwet after a botched circumcision drive
Five boys have died and 28 others currently admitted to several hospitals in Elgeyo Marakwet after a botched circumcision drive.
According to the county’s Health CEC Michael Kibiwot, the 28 were rushed to hospital with various symptoms including bacterial infections while others even showed signs of Pneumonia.
Kibiwott also divulged that a girl who underwent FGM had also been admitted with excessive bleeding to the point she became anaemic.
According to the medics, the complications were led to by the conditions in which the initiates have been recuperating after circumcision.
“We have admitted 28 initiates who recently underwent the right of passage, and circumcision and have come into our hospitals with severe Pneumonia, Septicemia among others,” he said.
“It is sad that so far we have lost five and as we speak we have one patient in the ICU.”
Some of them were said to be exposed to extreme cold resulting in pneumonia attacks.
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The caregivers in the seclusion camps were urged to ensure the conditions were hygienic.
“I am also appealing to those who circumcised the boys, most of them who are medics to make a point of visiting them in the camps to ensure that they are healing properly and that they are not exposed to unhygienic conditions,” Kibiwott said in a presser.
Following the deaths and admissions, the county charged the local administrators with visiting the seclusion camps to ensure that the initiates were being well taken care of.
Those with complications were counselled to seek medical assistance.
“I can assure them that they will be treated with respect, professionalism and utmost confidentiality and so they shouldn’t fear to seek treatment in any of our health facilities,” Kibiwott said.
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