The 8-year-old Bindura girl who got pregnant after being raped by two 17-year-old men has given birth to a baby girl through a Caesarean section.
The two teenagers who are allegedly her brothers from the same farm where she lived have since been arrested.
She gave birth at Bindura Provincial Hospital where a government gynaecologist has been closely monitoring the young victim of child sexual exploitation.
Bindura Hospital Superintendent, Dr Budirirai Gwagwa told the ZBC News that both mother and child are in stable condition. He said:
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.
The girl will be turned over to the Social Welfare Department’s care after being discharged.
School officials discovered her pregnancy and took her for a medical checkup.
The girl attended Kambira Primary School as a student before leaving when she became pregnant.
Gibson Chigamha, the headmaster, asked that the child be sent to Bindura Hospital because he was not sure that her bloated stomach was the result of an illness.
This was after the school heard about the Tsholotsho case of a nine-year-old minor who gave birth last year.
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