DIRECTOR of the Child Care and Protection Agency, Ann Green last Wednesday confirmed that the 12-year-old pregnant girl from the hinterland has been removed from the Georgetown Public Hospital and is now in protective custody.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, the director explained that the child was removed from the health facility since she is not ready to give birth but she is still being closely monitored in anticipation of her labour pains.
Meanwhile, Green is calling on media houses to report carefully and astutely on the matter as published information can impact the outcome of the case, adding that certain aspects of the child’s statement should not be published.
On Tuesday the CCPA handed over the stepfather of the child to the police. However he was later released after the police had questioned him and took a statement. Green said that the department is already making provision to ensure that the child receives the best care and necessary attention required at this stage of her life.
The child was reportedly raped by her stepfather earlier this year and according to information which this newspaper received the mother of the child has been trying to cover the matter down.
The mother also attempted to pin her daughter’s pregnancy on a young man from the interior location where the child lives. Police sources, however, on Tuesday indicated that the child was changing her story about how she became pregnant.
The matter remains under active investigation by child care and protection officers as well as the police.