Newborn baby girl SURVIVES after she was DUMPED in public toilet

Police said a newborn baby girl survived after she was dumped in a public toilet in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape, earlier this week.

by Corné van Zyl

07-07-2022 07:39

in Eastern Cape

A newborn baby girl survived after she was dumped in a public toilet in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape, earlier this week.

THE CRYING NEWBORN BABY GIRL WASFOUNDBY COMMUNITY MEMBERS

According to police spokesperson Sergeant Khaya Matola-Mvanyashe, police were summoned to the scene by members of the community on Tuesday.

The community members heard the baby crying inside the public toilet hole.

“On arrival, they managed to rescue the baby and rushed her to Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha for medical attention.
“The initial investigation indicates that the baby was dumped in the toilet, but miraculously, she survived the ordeal.
“She was given the name of Kungenceba, which simply means that it is through God’s mercies that she was rescued alive in such conditions.”
Sergeant Khaya Matola-Mvanyashe

NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE YET

Police are investigating a case of attempted murder and concealment of birth.

Matola-Mvanyashe said the circumstances surrounding the incident form part of the investigation.

“No arrests have been made as yet, and the investigation continues.”

ABANDONMENT OF BABIES ON THE INCREASE?

Since September last year, we have reported on the following cases:

On 20 May 2022, a newborn baby boy was found abandoned wrapped in a blanket next to the fence of the Caroline hospital in Mpumalanga
On 23 February 2022, the little body of a newborn baby was found along Plein Street in Cape Town. It is believed the baby was thrown from a vehicle.
On 19 May 2022, a toddler’s dismembered body was stuffed in a sports bag and dumped on the N1 near the Shell Ultra City petrol station.
On 18 April 2022, a newborn baby with her umbilical cord still attached was found covered with a plastic bag on the R712.
On 12 November 2021, an aborted foetus was discovered in a rubbish bag on College Lane in the Durban Central Business District
On 19 September 2021, a newborn baby was found dead in the Blaaupan dam in Bonaero Park, South East Kempton Park
On 17 September 2021, the body of a newborn baby was found washed ashore on Brighton Beach in Gqeberha
On 14 September 2021, a newborn foetus wrapped in a rubbish bag was found dumped at the Phoenix taxi rank in Durban

DESPERATE MOTHERS URGED NOT TO DUMP THEIR BABIES

“Abandonment of infants in South Africa is, unfortunately, a common occurrence.
“Many of these children are left to die, or simply abandoned, in dustbins, open fields, public toilets, or on train tracks,”
the Door of Hope organisation said.

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The organisation knew that something needed to be donehttps://www.youtube.com/embed/5_nTw-15tFg?start=67&feature=oembed

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“In 1999 the Berea Baptist Mission Church said, “something needs to be done”. Under the leadership of Pastor Cheryl Allen, the church made a hole in their wall and a ‘Baby Box’ was installed allowing for mothers to leave their babies any time day or night for the church to take care of them.”
The Door of Hope

The moment a baby is placed, care workers on duty receive an electronic signal alerting them. The baby is taken in and the anonymity of the “donor” is ensured.