Coroner calls for circumcision safety measures after baby’s death in London

Mohamed Abdisamad died in February 2023 of a streptococcus infection. He had a cardiorespiratory arrest in the ambulance on the way to hospital. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

A coroner has warned that more babies could die from infected circumcisions in the UK after the death of a six-month-old boy exposed a lack of infection control training and accreditation for circumcisers.

Mohamed Abdisamad died in February 2023 of a streptococcus infection. He had a cardiorespiratory arrest on his way to hospital a week after undergoing a non-therapeutic circumcision, an inquest at west London coroner’s court found in October.