Overview
- Prosecutors placed the general practitioner under house arrest and ordered the preventive seizure of the unauthorized practice.
- Investigators say at least 40 children have been circumcised since 2022, including patients brought from outside the region.
- Procedures were deemed inadequate and unhygienic, with several children sent to the emergency room and one hospitalized for benzodiazepine intoxication.
- Searches recovered a restraining bed with straps, an electric scalpel, benzodiazepines, local anesthetic, receipt books, and a business card advertising circumcisions.
- The doctor allegedly relied on unqualified helpers, including his adult son who was denounced for performing nursing tasks without credentials.