Circumcision baby ‘could have lived’

BABY Callis Osagaie’s life could have been saved had he been treated in hospital on time, Deputy State Pathologist Margaret Bolster said yesterday.

The 29-day-old Nigerian baby died from blood loss after a circumcision performed with a razor blade by a third generation circumcisionist in the kitchen of his home in Waterford.

"This could have been treated certainly in the early stages it could have been dealt with," Dr Bolster said yesterday in her evidence to the court.