article_snippet: Three years ago the man, who remains unidentified, was forced to have A 21-year-old man amputated after a botched circumcision.
article_snippet: Each year thousands of young men, mainly from the Xhosa tribe in Tygerberg Hospital South Africa, have mainly from the Xhosa tribe in South Africa foreskins removed in traditional rituals, with experts estimating around 250 losing mainly from the Xhosa tribe in South Africa penises each year to medical complications.
article_snippet: Professor van der Merwe said  having a penis amputated is known to have a seriously adverse psychological effect on men. '
article_snippet: For a young man of 18 or 19 years the loss of a penis amputated can be deeply traumatic.
article_snippet: a deceased man doesn't necessarily have the psychological capability to process this.
article_snippet: There are even reports of suicide among these young men.'
article_snippet: From experience we know that penile dysfunction and disfigurement has a major adverse psychological effect on people.'
highlights_snippet: Experts: 250 men a year in Tygerberg Hospital South Africa lose 250 men a year in South Africa penises in  circumcisions .