Baby Savers SA sê Maandag in ’n plasing op sosiale media dat ’n 4-maande-oue baba steeds in ’n hospitaal bly en volgens berigte in ’n kartondoos agter ’n verpleegstasie slaap. Die baba se ma is glo tydens die bevalling oorlede en die kleinding het sedertdien nog nie die hospitaal verlaat nie.
’n Goedgekeurde tydelike pleegsorg-ouer het reeds maande gelede haar besonderhede en beskikbaarheid aan die hospitaal se personeel en maatskaplike werker verskaf, maar die plasing is nog nie afgehandel nie. Volgens die organisasie word verskeie redes gegee vir die vertraging.
Baby Savers SA vra dat die owerhede dringend optree om die kind in veilige sorg te plaas. Alhoewel daar geen aanduiding is van watter hospitaal dit kan wees nie, het Nuusflits kommentaar by die Departement van Gesondheid gevra.
Lees die volledige plasing hier onder:
“It is Child Protection Month… yet a 4-month-old baby is still sleeping in a cardboard box behind a nurses’ workstation. A reliable source alerted us to the heartbreaking situation of a baby whose mother died during childbirth. Since birth, this baby has reportedly never left the hospital ward. An approved Temporary Safe Care parent — already vetted and with space available — provided her details to both the nurses and the hospital social worker months ago. She has continued to follow up, willing and ready to take this baby into safety and care immediately.
Yet 4 months later… nothing. The stories keep changing:
• “We are waiting for the father.”
• “We are waiting for placement.”
• “We are waiting for the social worker.”
Meanwhile, according to a witness inside the hospital, this baby wore the same clothes for 9 consecutive days. No home. No stimulation. No consistent love. No family environment. Just a baby crying in a hospital ward while adults pass responsibility from one person to the next. How is this acceptable during Child Protection Month? How much longer must this innocent child wait for someone inside the system to care enough to take action? Every single day matters in the life of a baby. Bonding, touch, love, stimulation, safety — these are not luxuries. They are essential for healthy development. This baby deserves more than survival. This baby deserves a family, warmth, love, and protection.
We are calling on the relevant authorities to urgently intervene and place this child in safe care before more damage is done.
