Maimed teen desperate for rehab funding

DOCTORS have made a passionate plea to a medical aid scheme to help a Selborne College pupil get the rehabilitation he needs to recover from a botched circumcision.

The circumcision left 17-year-old Qiqa Simbi from Mdantsane with his left leg below the knee and the toes on his right foot amputated.

The medical aid, which initially turned down the request, is now reviewing its decision.

Simbi was admitted to Frere Hospital in December last year after suffering complications at circumcision school. He developed septic arthritis.

Simbis grandmother, Nontuthuzelo Njezula, said the infection spread and he was transferred to Life St Dominics Hospital in January. He is now losing feeling in his arms.

- Read the full story in www.dispatch.co.za (http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=299978)

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great kid.