Dear Editor
Thank you for your weekly newsletter. I have found something interesting and applicable to my practice in every one.
Regarding the article “Doctor faces life in prison for first case of FGM in US” dated 19/4/2017, the horrifying act of female genital mutilation (FGM) cannot be accepted.
In South Africa, we have multiple DEATHS from traditional circumcisions annually. Many more children are mutilated and survive with partially amputated and mutilated genitalia. Many of the "traditional healers" or "surgeons" are never prosecuted, let alone given life sentences.
Please report on this atrocity!
Kind regards
Dr Timothy Perks
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon