"Mohamed was circumcised at 3pm on 12 February, by an individual who was recommended to his parents, the coroner's report said. After the procedure, the wound appeared to be healing well, the inquest heard. But three or four days later he began showing symptoms of illness. When Mohamed's health became worse on 19 February he was taken to Hillingdon hospital in an ambulance. In the ambulance he had a heart attack and was pronounced dead later that day."
"Van Dellen expressed concern that any individual without training or continued professional development could conduct non-therapeutic circumcisions. He said he was also concerned that there was no system of accreditation or registrations for those who conduct circumcisions. Van Dellen noted his alarm that during circumcision rituals there was no requirement for infection control. And there was no duty of aftercare including but not limited to dressing the wound, analgesia and/or worsening care advice."
A six-month-old boy, Mohamed Abdisamad, died of an invasive streptococcus pyogenes infection one week after a non-therapeutic circumcision. The circumciser was untrained and not accredited, and the wound initially seemed to heal before symptoms developed three or four days later. There is no system of registration, consent, continued professional development, or accreditation for those performing non-therapeutic circumcisions. Infection-control measures are not required during circumcision rituals, and no duty of aftercare, analgesia, wound dressing, worsening-care advice, or standard record keeping exists. Government action to establish standards and safeguards was recommended to prevent similar deaths.
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