8-year-old Bindura girl gives birth

Zim Now Writer

The eight-year-old girl from Kambira Village in Bindura, who fell pregnant after being raped by two 17-year-old boys last year, has safely given birth to a baby girl.

She gave birth at the Bindura Provincial Hospital through Caesarean Section on yesterday morning.

Bindura Hospital Superintendent, Dr Budirirai Gwagwa said that both mother and the baby are in a stable condition.

“The patient was taken to theatre and around 0900hrs a Caesarean section was performed, and she delivered a baby girl. Currently, she is stable and receiving post-op care and the baby is stable receiving neo-natal care,” he said.

After her discharge from hospital, the girl will be released into the custody of the Department of Social Welfare.

The girl’s pregnancy was unearthed by alert school authorities who took her for medical examinations.

Cases of minors being impregnated by young boys are on the increase lately. A nine-year-old girl from Tsholotsho also became a mother after giving birth at a Bulawayo Hospital. DNA tests showed that the father was the girl’s 13-year-old cousin.

A 13-year-old girl from Kezi in Matabeleland South Province, who was doing Grade Seven at a local primary school is also pregnant after she was reportedly raped by a 16-year-old male juvenile.