Health insurers turning into who knows what?

Posted on Monday, September 22, 2014


Health insurers turning into who knows what?

Commentary: health insurers are transforming themselves — but into what?

UK opens first clinic for child victims of female genital mutilation

By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain's first specialist clinic for child victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) opened in London on Monday as part of a push to eradicate the illegal ritual in the country. The University College Hospital clinic, initially to be held once a month while demand is assessed, will offer medical treatment and psychological help to girls up to 18, who have suffered or may be at risk of FGM - a ritual usually involving the partial or total removal of external genitalia. In its most extreme form the vaginal opening is also sewn up. ...





{ 0 comments... read them below or add one }