BOYS SEXUALLY ABUSED AT GOVT HOSPITAL

A side view of the Mbabane Government Hospital.

MBABANE – Young boys who are patients at the Mbabane Government Hospital’s Children’s Ward are falling victim to sexual escapades by an abandoned child who is much older than them.

The boy arrived at the hospital at a young age and has lived there for over a decade now.
He is reported to be mentally challenged, even though parents of some of his victims claim that he is mentally sound when it comes to sexual issues.
Director of Health Services Dr Vusi Magagula has since confirmed the incidents after he requested the hospital to compile a report on the matter as it is of a serious nature.
He said he was more concerned about the abuse that the children are subjected to and its implications, both on their physical and psychological health.

One parent, who had taken her son to the hospital, related how she was shocked at discovering the incident in the duration she stayed at the hospital with her son.
“There are these disabled and abandoned children who are kept at the hospital. Before my son was attended to, we were admitted there for two weeks.

“There is this one guy *Dombolo who would come daily in the ward selling sweets and chips. He would also play with the boys, not the girls who were in the ward.”
She said they thought he was being friendly with the children, only to find that they were yet to discover more about his motives behind playing with the boys.

“Apparently a few other parents have reported this to the matrons but nothing is being done. He still stays at the children’s ward and he bribes the children with the sweets not to talk.”
The shocked mother said on the day she learnt about the boy’s escapades, her son wanted to go to the toilet.

She said Dombolo offered to accompany her son to the toilets but when a long time elapsed with them not coming back, she became concerned and went there to investigate.
“I found my son in the toilet with this guy. He looks like a retard but ingcondvo iphelele yonkhe because he speaks things that make sense.

“When I opened the door I found Dombolo with his pants on his knees and he started pretending as if he was relieving himself.”
The distraught woman said she went out of the toilet with her son and questioned him about what was going on in there and he told her that Dombolo had ordered him to perform oral sex on him and also touched his private parts with his finger.

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