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Badaoud: Closure is the penalty for establishments that perform these operations in secret, a decision to prevent the conduct of sex reassignment operations in health facilities (photo: Mona Jadawi), a decision to prohibit the conduct of sex reassignment operations in health facilities (Photo: Mona Jadawi) Jeddah: Najla Al-Harbi and Samia Al-Issa 2012 11-28 12:18 AM A source in a private hospital in Jeddah revealed to Al-Watan that doctors have performed two “sex reassignment” operations for two young men based on their desire in hidden ways away from health affairs supervision. The source confirmed that such operations were performed at varying times, after That the two young men proved their inability to determine their nationality, explaining that the sex transfer operations are performed in exchange for sums exceeding 18 thousand riyals per operation, and that the hospital had previously performed a sex reassignment operation for the daughter of a businessman at an amount of 22 thousand riyals.
For his part, the Director of Health Affairs in Jeddah, Dr. Sami Badawad, confirmed to Al-Watan that conducting sex reassignment operations inside hospitals is a violation of laws and regulations, and that there are operations that have medical reasons that require their conduct in hospitals, and these operations are not prohibited, adding that the violation committee affiliated The Ministry of Health Affairs conducts field trips to hospitals to monitor errors in health facilities, including controlling facilities that use operating rooms to perform illegal operations such as abortion or sex reassignment.
Dr. Badawood added that "conducting a sex reassignment operation inside private health facilities may be hidden, and this is a grave breach for which the regulations are punishable," indicating that the conduct of these operations may take place at late times at the end of the week, so that they ensure that the specialists of the inspection committee are not present. In these times.
He explained that in the event that a private hospital in Jeddah conducts sex reassignment operations in secret, a report will be submitted to the Ministry of Health, and a decision will be issued to close the facility for committing a violation punishable by Sharia.
Dr. Badawood emphasized that "the inspection committee of health affairs does not exist in all operating rooms inside health facilities, whether they are governmental or private hospitals, and our role is to carry out inspection trips from time to time over these facilities," indicating that citizens have a great role in participating with Health affairs by reporting these matters that are committed in secret, away from censorship.
The Director of Health Affairs in Jeddah praised every citizen who participates in reporting violations of governmental and private hospitals, in order to correct the situation of the violating health facilities, in order to ensure the provision of medical and treatment services in the best condition.
For his part, Professor Head of the Department of Surgery at the College of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Dr. Yasser Saleh Jamal, revealed to Al-Watan that the rate of sex correction operations in the Kingdom has increased, as the number of operations performed in Jeddah during the past two years reached 520 cases.
He added that "cases of sexual identity disorder are diagnosed from the time the child is born, and gender correction procedures are completely different from sex transfer operations," stressing that there are reasons that prompted the prevention of these operations, related to changing a male to female, or vice versa, and this is contrary to Islamic law, He pointed out that these operations are violations that are punishable by regulations for violating the Sharia.
Dr. Jamal confirmed that the Ministry of Health issued a decision prohibiting the conduct of sex reassignment operations, and requiring hospitals and community centers not to take any decision related to conducting these operations.
The head of the Department of Surgery at the College of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University revealed that Saudis underwent sex reassignment operations that they visited in his clinic to search for solutions to restore their first identities, and some of them committed suicide because of their inability to coexist with society, adding that sex reassignment is only performed for males and females with what is known. By "loss of sexual identity."
