An eight-year-old Zimbabwean girl gave birth through a caesarian section at around 9am on 19 January 2023.
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Doctor Budirirai Gwagwa, the superintendent of the Bindura Provincial Hospital, confirmed that both mother and child were recovering well after the operation.
He told Zimbabwe Now that, “The patient was taken to theatre and around 9am 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.”
According to The Herald Zimbabwe, the young mother from Bindura in Mashonaland Central was allegedly raped by two 17-year-old boys, who are denying the allegations.
School authorities where the girl attends school intervened after noticing her growing stomach. Tests showed that she was about six months pregnant at the time, and she was put in a safe house.
On a visit to see the new mother, local Women’s Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni offered help with the DNA testing, to aid the family in starting a business and assistance to get her back into school.
Upon hospital release, the young mother will be taken into the custody of the Department of Social Welfare.
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