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To: bentway who wrote (323440)	1/29/2007 2:49:21 AM
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Clinics restoring virginity controversial By Bassma Al Jandaly, Staff Reporter gulfnews.com Dubai: Some private clinics, which are performing illegal surgeries to restore virginity of unmarried girls despite a ban on such operations, have come under fire. According to women who underwent such a surgery, the operation to restore a ruptured hymen costs about Dh10,000. A Ministry of Health official said hymen restoration or reconstruction for unmarried girls is banned. "In most Muslim and Arab countries and even in some non-Muslim countries, girls are expected to maintain their virginity until they get married, because of cultural, social or religious reasons," he said. A surgeon who runs a private urology clinic in Dubai and is specialised in treating haemorrhoids is said to conduct the virginity restoration surgeries. He is said to charge Dh10,000 for the 90-minute surgery. A general practitioner in Sharjah said there are two types of operations; the first is 'permanent' (will last longer) and could be done any time and the second (of lesser durability) is done few days before the wedding. The first type of operation is more expensive, he said. An Arab girl who is considering this surgery before her wedding, said she is waiting for her salary to undertake the operation. "My fiancee is out of the country and I will do it while he is away," she said. Another girl said that she had undergone the surgery, which took two hours. "I feel all right now. I am getting ready for my wedding," she said. The Dh10,000 cost of the operation includes a "two-hour rest at a hotel," Gulf News was told. The surgery is not banned for married women. It is most popular among unmarried Arab girls of various nationalities who get involved in pre-marital relationships.