Monday, January 23, 2006
Another Tiny Victim
JOHANNESBURG
'Worst case of child abuse in SA'
Johannesburg police are investigating the death of a baby who died on Friday in the Garden City Clinic after being severely assaulted.
The 21-month-old Tammy Herman was brought to the hospital by her adoptive parents on Wednesday night after vomiting continuously.
Doctors discovered she had sustained several broken ribs, brain and liver damage and had bruises all over her body. She later died in hospital.
The Johannesburg Child Welfare Society, which handled the baby's adoption, said it was devastated and called it one of the worst cases of child abuse in the country.
It said it never noticed anything suspicious during the screening process for the adoption and its now working closely with police.
Eyewitness News 1/23/06 http://iafrica.com/news/sa/841184.htm
'Worst case of child abuse in SA'
Johannesburg police are investigating the death of a baby who died on Friday in the Garden City Clinic after being severely assaulted.
The 21-month-old Tammy Herman was brought to the hospital by her adoptive parents on Wednesday night after vomiting continuously.
Doctors discovered she had sustained several broken ribs, brain and liver damage and had bruises all over her body. She later died in hospital.
The Johannesburg Child Welfare Society, which handled the baby's adoption, said it was devastated and called it one of the worst cases of child abuse in the country.
It said it never noticed anything suspicious during the screening process for the adoption and its now working closely with police.
Eyewitness News 1/23/06 http://iafrica.com/news/sa/841184.htm
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