A four year old girl from Strumica was admitted to hospital in life threatening condition due to serious neglect.

The girl was badly malnourished, with serious frostbite and gangrene on her limbs, badly neglected in personal hygiene and with various other injuries. She was first admitted at the Strumica hospital, but due to her serious condition, was rushed to Skopje, where an entire team of doctors worked to save her life. She is currently stable.

Doctors alerted the police which interrogated the mother of the child, who insisted that the main injuries were caused by a dog attack – a story that did not seem credible. Welfare teams seized the other children of the family and will settle them with foster families.
The report comes weeks after a girl from Kicevo was beaten to death by her father, again in a highly dysfunctional family.