Doctors alert cops after toddler drank poisonous liquid twice!
THE parents of a 17-month-old baby boy who was admitted to hospital after allegedly consuming brake fluid for the second time this year will make a statement to Uitenhage police today.
The boy was in a stable condition at Culyer hospital intensive care unit in Uitenhage last night.
He was admitted to the hospital at the weekend. Doctors subsequently found traces of brake fluid in his body and asked for police intervention.
A case of attempted murder and child abuse was opened.
Police spokeswoman, Priscilla Naidu, said last night that no-one had been arrested.
“We are busy with investigations and still taking statement from both parents.
"The child is still at the hospital’s ICU unit and will be placed in the care of social workers when he has fully recovered,” she said.
According to inspector Naidu, it was the second time the child was admitted to the hospital for brake fluid consumption.
She said at this stage they were not sure if someone gave him the fluid to drink or an accident.
General manager at the hospital, Walter Kurten, said the child was in a stable condition but that he could not reveal more information as it would be a breach of patient confidentiality.
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Msiphos00
Twice .... that's no accidentReport Abuse
Real-Mogwanthi
Why did they bring this child on earth in the 1st place?Report Abuse
somaartakeit
@Msipho00 even the first time it was no accident, how can a child that age have access to brake fluid of all fluids around the house?BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY for CHILD ABUSERS and RAPISTS!!!
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Papage
Strong Boy, Only God decide whether you go or not, even powerfull witches can never put you down if He says No. Praise God, the boy will leave for years, the devil is a liar.Report Abuse
eisleben
This must be a case of parenting gone toxic. If the incident was an accident the parents must be one set of rotten mom and dead. How can any human being in their right frame of mind think of feeding brake fluid to a toddler, let alone any human being? Some people need to be sentenced to death by incineration. Actualy, I would have allerted social workers when the first case happened.Report Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Drank brake fluid, twice........... it is not even a household detergent where you can assume it was an accident.Clearly the retards wanted to k.ill the child.
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Maezizsto4Sure
How many times should an accident occur?Report Abuse
tumzangwana
once is a mistake, but twice? haaaikhona something fishy is going on.Report Abuse
Blaklikeme
@eislebenYou said it. There are a lot of "people" in this country who are not human beings.
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anyankah
Children are smart. My son has not met a child lock that he can't defeat (an d he's been defeating them for over 2 years at this point) He's gotten into the garage, out of windows, and atop the refrigerator. And that's a 4 year old autistic child with no speech or communication skills... imagine what a 'normal' kid can do. Don't condemn the parents just yet... I know people do awful things to their kids every day, but really, kids are smart, sneaky, and fast, and will eat/drink all manner of terrible things. Face it, every mom will tell horror stories of the terrible things that their kids did that almost got them killed. Lets hope that this is the case, that the parents have rectified the weak points in security surrounding toxic chemicals.On the other hand, if it's found that they DID feed their child brake fluid on purpose, I propose they get force fed non-lethal doses of the stuff so that they can be sick as hell until they WANT to die, then feed them some more.
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