Mvuma – A mother dumped her baby down a blair toilet, over 6 feet below. The baby only discovered early yesterday morning, is still alive and crying ZimEye.com can reveal.
While the circumstances surrounding the dumping remained unclear at the time of writing, the baby was retrieved from the deep pit where he lay 6 metres below for the whole night since Friday.
The little lad was spotted after he was heard crying while soiled in smelly human waste in the pit. People who rescued him struggled to do the task only to finally manage using the help of specials tools (SEE PICTURES…)
A hospital source confirmed to ZimEye.com the baby is male.
“The boy was retrieved, is alive and looks healthy. He is approximately 3-6 days old,” another source told ZimEye.
Chances that the baby was dropped into the pit by mistake were ruled out yesterday due to the size of the opening. “We have ruled that possibility out because the hole is too small for such an accident to occur and the boy was also in a bag,” a hospital source told ZimEye.
The boy is currently at Mvuma hospital awaiting both charity assistance and a police investigation. More to follow…