{"id":146983,"date":"2019-10-04T08:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T06:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/patient-seeks-r3m-after-sex-change-operation-goes-wrong\/"},"modified":"2019-10-04T08:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T06:32:52","slug":"patient-seeks-r3m-after-sex-change-operation-goes-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/patient-seeks-r3m-after-sex-change-operation-goes-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient seeks R3m after sex-change operation goes wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2019\/10\/04\/Patient_seeks_R3m_after_sexchange_operation_goes_wrong\/\">Patient seeks R3m after sex-change operation goes wrong<\/a>: Pretoria &#8211; A Mayville resident in Pretoria West who lost his leg while transitioning from female into a male is not taking the matter lying down. He is claiming more than R3 million from the MEC for Health after an operation to construct a male organ (penis) went wrong and cost him his left leg as a result. The plaintiff refers to himself as a male in papers before the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. 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