By Yien Gattour Meat<\/p>\n
Panic and worries spark up in an oil-producing, Ruweng Administrative Area of South Sudan, following an abnormal birth of a baby with exposed internal parts. <\/strong><\/p>\n Born to a 29-year-old mother, the birth of the baby has raised concerns among residents over the safety and well-being of the inhabitants, who revealed that the incidents had become common in the area.<\/p>\n The baby was born on Sunday last week, May 28th, 2023, at Panrieng Hospital.<\/p>\n Although Parents of the deformed baby, who alleged to have witnessed a number of cases of abnormal births in the area and attributed the occurrences to oil pollution, only experts could justify such claims.<\/p>\n Mr. Bol Dau, an uncle to the deformed baby also confirmed that the incident happened on Sunday night, adding that it was second delivery of the 29-year-old mother.<\/p>\n He called for an in-depth investigation of the incident and assessment conducted in the region.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need committee of medical doctors to be informed to come and make assessment in Ruweng Administrative, Unity State and Upper Nile State,\u201d he requested.<\/p>\n However, it remains at large, whether samples will be collected from Ruweng, for tests to ascertain the actual cause of the abnormal births in the region.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ruweng Administrative Area Hospital director, Benjamin Monybany, told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper, on Wednesday that the baby was born with exposed intestines and deformed legs.<\/p>\n “This is not the first instance of such deformities occur in the area,\u201d Monybany said but he couldn\u2019t easily offer to give out statistics on other incidences registered.<\/p>\n Ruweng Chief Administrator, Stefano Wieu who witnessed the distressing incident on visiting the affected family at the hospital on Monday, has initiated a process of transferring the baby to Juba.<\/p>\n \u201cThe baby requires specialized medical attention and management. This can only be in Juba\u201d the chief administrator observed.<\/p>\n Last year, the Ministry of Petroleum launched an environmental audit to evaluate the impact of oil production in the oil-producing regions and formulate appropriate mitigation measures.<\/p>\n It is recommended that the audit process encompass all oil-producing areas to comprehensively address concerns related to environmental pollution.<\/p>\n Ruweng, known for its oil production, has witnessed several cases of babies being born with deformities in the past.<\/p>\n The increasing occurrences raise questions about the potential connection between oil pollution and the unfortunate health issues affecting newborns in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Yien Gattour Meat Panic and worries spark up in an oil-producing, Ruweng Administrative Area of South Sudan, following an abnormal birth of a baby with exposed internal parts. Born to a 29-year-old mother, the birth of the baby has raised concerns among residents over the safety and well-being of[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14465,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14464\/revisions\/14465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}