Ditebogo Ntuntu (10), a resident of Jacob’s Farm, has slowly seen the growths on her ears become more deformed over time.
She is now desperate for help.
The growths started when she pierced her ears when she was two years old.
“When the growths started we took her to the hospital, where they were cut off.
“As she grew up, they appeared and started growing again,” says Matlakala Ntuthu, Ditebogo’s older sister.
“Around June last year she went to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and was told she can’t be treated without a birth certificate.
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“The social workers at Far East Rand Hospital said the same thing,” says Ntuthu.
The problem with getting a birth certificate is that Ditebogo’s father is mentally ill and the family doesn’t know where to find him, and her mother is from Lesotho.
“The hospital also turned down an affidavit from my mother and since then, nothing has been done to help her,” says Matlakala.
Matlakala says the growths are painful for her sister and often bleed and ooze.
Ditebogo still goes to school but is often stared at because of the growths.
What is worrying for the family is that there is also a small growth on her arm where she was bitten by a mosquito, another on her arm where she was vaccinated and another on the back of her thigh where she was bitten by a dog.
The family is desperate to get help for Ditebogo as they fear for her health.
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