BOPHELONG.- Thoriso Mamasedi’s health has improved. The young boy last featured in Sedibeng Ster when he was suffering from a strange infection on his face and in his eyes that he apparently contracted at a nursery school.
The incident occurred last year just before the nursery school closed for the holidays. According to the family, the child was fine when he went to school that morning but then things took a turn for the worse. Thandi Gumbi, his grandmother says the school does not want to take the responsibility for damages.
“My grandson was suffering in hospital for several weeks. He is playing again and his confidence has grown. As a family we are still recovering from the trauma of his illness and no one wants to take responsibility for my grandson’s pain,” says Gumbi.
Thoriso was apparently not the only child affected by this infection but other parents were scared to speak out. The principal of the school is also still in the dark about what exactly happened to the children,“I’m very puzzled and devastated by the situation. I will never do anything that will harm my children.
Police came, social development came, the health department came. I’m waiting for their report and response to the matter.”
Thoriso has been going to a different school since his ordeal and he has made new friends.
“It was very difficult for him to play with other children after the incident,” says his grandmother.
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