Reggio Emilia: Circumcision and Trouble Accessing

reggio emilia: The prosecutor's office in the northern province of Reggio Emilia has opened a manslaughter investigation, and the infant will undergo an autopsy, according to CTV. The tragedy follows a botched home circumcision of a 2-year-old who died of severe blood loss in December in Rome. The ANSA news agency reported that the 5-month-old baby was brought to a hospital in Bologna by helicopter in cardiac arrest on Friday afternoon and died that night. In that case, his twin brother nearly died, too, but survived following intensive care treatment. Many immigrants in Italy are Muslim and practice circumcision for cultural and religious reasons, but sometimes have trouble accessing the practice in hospitals. Circumcision is not practiced among Italy's Roman Catholic majority. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.