Liberia: Circumcision Goes Wrong - 1-Yr-Old Loses Manhood to Cutting

This video & photos may contain images that might be disturbing, viewer discretion is advised! "I went to circumcise him on the 5th of January on Sunday, 4:15 PM and this doctor I have been hearing about him and he told me he can do the work. He charged me 600 Liberian dollars to do the work right at TB annex, the man was circumcising him and that is where this mistake came from. I have been to majority of the hospitals and the doctors said the boy penis is damaged and we need to go for advance surgery out of the country". Phillip Zinnah, Sr. 25, Father

Monrovia - Donors are pumping millions in the health sector of Liberia through the Pool Fund and other health interventions, but the country's health sector continues to perform below par, not meeting the needs of the majority of the population.

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