Indexing Title:

        MJCABAHUG’s Medical Anecdotal Report [05-04]

 MAR Title: 

        Supot ako

Date of Medical Observation:

     April, 2005

Narration:

   During my vacation last month to our place, my 4-year-old nephew approached me, with a sad face and said “ tito, papatule ako sa ‘yo supot pa kasi ako.”

I was stunned by his words.  It was then that I learned he was being teased by his older siblings because he was not yet circumcised.

I then explained to him and to his father that there is no medical importance of being circumcised and told them about our anti-TULE campaign. 

 Though I knew he did not understand everything but he went away happy knowing that he would not undergo the painful ritual of circumcision

Insights (Physical, Psychosocial, Ethical) (Discovery, Stimulus, Reinforcements):

Summer as they say is TULE time to most of the Filipino children

It is appropriate that our department should make every April of each year as its Anti-Tule Campaign Month so as to win with our advocacy. 

We should not be contented with our success of no circumcision in our hospital but we should aim for more, a circumcision-free Philippines perhaps.