Court awards P500,000 for botched circumcision

Justice Jennifer Dube recently presided over the matter before referring it to the Assistant Registrar and Master of the Lobatse High Court, Dumisani Basupi, for assessment of damages.  Dube had ruled that the defendants being the MoHW represented by the Attorney General were negligent and failed to deliver on their promise of performing a safe circumcision on the plaintiff thereby admitting liability.

 Before the court delivered its verdict, the plaintiff had instituted action against the defendants claiming P400,000 to cover past, present and future medical expenses and P600,000 as compensation for life bound pain and suffering.