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Boy fights for manhood after botched circumcision

10 year old Benjamin Baraka is attended to by a doctor at st Monica hospital in Kisumu county on December 24 2016. he developed complications after undergoing circumcision at Vihiga District hospital. PIC BY COLLINS ODUOR

A 10-year-old boy risks losing his genitals after a medical circumcision went awry.

In a classic case of professional negligence, doctors now say Benjamin Baraka from Mbale may require grafting, following botched circumcision at Vihiga County Hospital.

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