Muqdisho | QOL| 18 — Julay –2017– Deinfibulation procedure is only partial fix of FGM practice which damages women emotionally and physically, one doctor says.
Dr. Joseph Daly, an OB/GYN at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto, performs a type of surgery to reverse female genital mutilation. Daly said the fact that he is Black has been an advantage in making women from certain ethnicities feel comfortable to talk about the issue. (RICHARD LAUTENS / TORONTO STAR) | ORDER THIS PHOTO
The process — surgically reopening the vagina — is called “repair of infibulations,” according to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Infibulation is the clinical term for the surgical narrowing of the vagina that is one of several types of female genital mutilation (FGM)performed in 29 countries around the world, and sometimes seen as a rite of passage into womanhood or a condition of marriage.
Billing records submitted by Ontario doctors show the reversal surgery has been performed 308 times in the past seven years in Ontario, though it may be done more often and billed under a different code.
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While repair of infibulation opens the vagina, there is no current procedure that replaces removed tissue.
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