A LOCAL health NGO (non-governmental organisation) is urging men in the eThekwini district – in a bid to reduce sexually transmitted diseases – to go to their nearest clinic, which is available every Friday, for a free medical circumcision in a bid to reduce sexually transmitted diseases.
“If you take advantage of Soka Fridays, you can get circumcised on a Friday and be back at work on Monday morning,” explained Dr Khumbulani Moyo, chief of party of the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programme at Right to Care.
“Circumcision can help prevent HIV by as much as 60%, and it also reduces the transmission of HPV which causes cervical cancer in women. Right to Care has performed over 1.5 million safe circumcisions since 2012. Medical circumcision is done under local anaesthetic and takes only 30 minutes, and there is very little pain involved. Your healthcare worker will tell you everything you need to know, including how to care for your wound,” he added.
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He advised, “Many men worry about the effects a circumcision may have on their sex life, but when performed by trained medical professionals in recognised healthcare facilities, circumcision has no adverse effects on sexual function or pleasure. It is only during the short healing process that men should not have sex or masturbate.”
Here’s a list of clinics in the eThekwini district where you can go for your circumcision, which also operate on Fridays.
- KwaMashu Poly Clinic, G1400, Bhejane Rd KwaMashu
- Lamontville Clinic, Corner Gwala Street and Msizi Dube Road, Lamontville
- Pinetown Clinic, 18 Chapel Street, Pinetown
- St Aidan’s Hospital, 33 Centenary Road, Durban
- Adam’s Clinic, 4125, D995 Sheleni Road, Adam’s Mission, Cele
All clinics are open from 07:30 until 16:00.
To find out more about free medical circumcision or to make an appointment at any of these or other Right to Care circumcision clinics, call or send a ‘please call me’ to the Right to Care circumcision call centre on 082 808 6152.
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