Khaleej Times

He keeps, keeps bleeding love

- Afkar Abdullah

sharjah — His love for his wife and two children may have no equals in history. The man bobbitised himself to avoid a second marriage.

However, the doctors at Al Qassimi Hospital in Sharjah managed to save the 26-year-old Asian after a three-hour surgery, and he is recuperati­ng at the hospital.

According to a Sharjah Police official, the hospital authoritie­s informed them about the incident. Initially the police thought the man had tried to commit suicide, but the investigat­ion team found it was a family dispute that led the man to take the drastic step.

The police said his family had been forcing him for a second marriage for a while, which he didn’t like. He has a wife and two daughters in his home country and he didn’t want to get married again. To avoid the marriage, he cut his male organ, the official said.

The man was rushed to Al Kuwaiti Hospital by his brother who carried the organ in a plastic bag and handed it over to the doctors. However, he was in a serious condition and was shifted to Al Qassimi Hospital.

According to an official at the hospital, the man was bleeding severely and a team of doctors comprising Dr Younis Al Shamsi,

consultant of urology and reproducti­ve system; and Ahmed Abu Al Naja, consultant and surgeon of Veins; immediatel­y conducted a surgery to restore the organ.

Dr Younis said the patient first refused to get the restoratio­n surgery done and it took a long time for his brother and the medical team to convince him.

The patient’s condition is stable now, said the doctor.

“I have conducted a number of surgeries on male organs; but this case was very strange and rare as the organ was separated from the body and was brought to us in a plastic bag,” Dr Younis added.

The patient also will be provided with psychiatri­c counsellin­g in the hospital and will soon be discharged.

afkarali@khaleejtim­es.com

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