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2011-11-27 16:23<\/span><\/p>\n

Malalane – Children at an Mpumalanga school have been caught playing with dumped medical syringes and needles belonging to the provincial health department.<\/p>\n

Children at Louisville Combined School in Nkomazi were caught with syringes and needles that had been dumped with some unused condoms near the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were reliably informed that the condoms and the needles were unused, but we still believe that the children should visit a doctor just to check that they did not contract any diseases,” said provincial health and social development spokesperson Dumisani Mlangeni.<\/p>\n

Mlangeni said the syringes, needles and condoms had been part of promotional material.<\/p>\n

He said either a department employee or a service provider contracted by the department had dumped the materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the people have been exposed, they will deal with the police because this is criminal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mlangeni appealed to the public to always alert the department of any illegal dumping of health materials in order to “save the lives of our children”.<\/p>\n

Local clinic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local resident Sibongile Lushaba told African Eye New Service that children had collected the syringes needles and went home and started injecting themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were told that the medical waste was dumped by the local clinic, but when we approached them they distanced themselves from the situation,” said Lushaba.<\/p>\n

Louisville Combined School deputy principal Maria Mabuza referred questions to the provincial education department.<\/p>\n

Education spokesperson Jasper Zwane said the department was waiting for the health department to complete its investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are waiting for the health department\u2019s report, and we will take it from there,” said Zwane.<\/p>\n

The parents of the children were not immediately available for comment.
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