2024-06-25 17:29:00
08:29 PM
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Books – Nashat Ali:
Dr Hossam Abdul Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Well being and Inhabitants, stated that following an announcement by a international physician regarding performing “circumcision”, the ministry submitted a report back to the prosecutor to research the info of the circumcision announcement in Giza Faisal’s enterprise.
This was mentioned throughout a gathering of the Home Well being Committee on a briefing request submitted by Rep. Irene Saeed on a Sudanese expatriate who overtly carried out feminine circumcision in his residence, and a briefing request submitted by Rep. Mervat Abdel Azim on some Sudanese individuals performing feminine circumcision, which is criminalized by legislation in Egypt.
A web page known as “Dr. Al-Sadiq Ismail” promoted feminine circumcision in a publish but it surely was deleted following one of many girls contacted him on the “WhatsApp” quantity hooked up to the publish and he or she confirmed that he would welcome performing circumcision on her daughter.
He defined that he had contacted the proprietor of the advert and located that “there was no file of the identify or place of apply, however we contacted him and he responded to us,” noting {that a} letter had been despatched to the proprietor of the advert. The Lawyer Normal is answerable for investigating, safeguarding public well being and respecting the provisions of the legislation.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Well being stated that following the incident of feminine genital mutilation carried out by a international nationwide, the Minister of Well being instructed to comply with up on the problem, particularly because the legislation supplies for management over the apply of the medical occupation, noting that the accused physician was not registered with the official authorities and will impose a penalty of as much as two years in jail, because the legislation imposes a five-year jail sentence on those that carry out feminine genital mutilation.
Well being committee chairman Ashraf Hatem confirmed that the committee will comply with up on the report submitted by the Nationwide Fee for Childhood and Motherhood and the Ministry of Well being on circumcision ads on social media.
He burdened the necessity to comply with up on the appliance of the legislation to Egyptians and expatriates.
The Nationwide Fee for Childhood and Motherhood additionally introduced that the competent authorities had been knowledgeable of an incident monitored by the Baby Helpline 16000, during which a “international” physician from a neighboring nation known as for prosecution for the “crime of feminine circumcision” at residence, selling this on his private web page.
Dr Sahar Sambati, chairperson of the Nationwide Council for Childhood and Motherhood, stated that following the incident was monitored on Fb, the competent authorities had been instantly knowledgeable to take authorized motion within the matter.
She stated that the Public Prosecution and the Governor of Giza had been knowledgeable of the incident, which passed off within the Faisal area, and that the Ministry of Well being, represented by the Central Authority for Free Remedy and Permits, had been knowledgeable with a purpose to intervene shortly and take the mandatory measures to arrest the physician and put an finish to the legal apply of feminine circumcision on Egyptian kids or the youngsters of “Egyptian friends”.
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