The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) formed a team of leading surgeons in the country to investigate the rising cases of botched circumcisions.
Speaking to Citizen TV on Friday, December 14, KMPDC boss, David Kariuki, revealed that the council had received numerous complaints from the public and health facilities.
Names of those investigating the matter were, however, not made public.
Nonetheless, he revealed that one health facility in Kajiado county had been closed over the matter adding that the council will not stop at anything in unearthing the recent trend witnessed.
"We sent a team to the facility and we established that the clinic was registered with the council. It was, however, closed as we await investigations over the matter,'' Kariuki stated.
Despite most health facilities reporting cases of botched surgeries, Kairuki asserted that a number of the hospitals were admitting those who had undergone the procedure culturally.
Kariuki stated that most of the cases had been reported in Uasin Gishu county.
“Most cases are from the cultural centres or homes but are complicated probably due to infections," he stated.
On his part, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) CEO Wilson Aruasa added that most of the infections recorded occurred two or three weeks after the high stake surgery.
He further divulged that they were treating 18 cases at the referral facility adding that there could be more boys being treated at private hospitals.
“The main complications that we have seen are secondary infections, that occur two to three weeks after the operation,” he stated.
Parents were also cautioned to be very careful when taking their children to undergo the surgery.
Cases of botched circumcision have been on the rise making headlines in the media in recent weeks with a 14-year-old succumbing to the injuries in Uasin Ngishu County.
Other notable Kenyans including Veteran journalist Najma Ismail complained of a procedure at an Eastleigh facility which left her son in critical condition.
