100 physicians inquired over performing FGM

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Wed, 11 Oct 2017 - 11:03 GMT

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the procedure of FGM - Reuters

the procedure of FGM - Reuters

CAIRO – 11 October 2017: As many as 100 physicians are proven to be complicit in performing Female Genital Mutilation, and will undergo extensive investigations, according to Dr. Ali Mahrous, head of the Central Administration for Free Treatment in the Ministry of Health.

In remarks made to the press, Mahrous said on Wednesday that there are many tip-offs received by the administration about physicians using their premises to perform the said procedure on early-aged girls.

He added that the ministry is serious in combating FGM and going after doctors and nurses performing circumcision on girls; stressing that the ministry made a qualitative leap in raising the awareness of the medical staff of Egypt about the dangers of the phenomenon and its complications.

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