The 16-year-old pregnant teenager, who was beaten last Friday by a male relative, was on Sunday night readmitted to the hospital in a weakened state and doctors are now monitoring her condition.
The girl’s mother, Jacqueline Fordyce, told Stabroek News yesterday that because of the broken jaw her daughter sustained as a result of the beating she has been unable to eat and has become progressively weak. She was forced to rush her to the hospital. She said the girl, Christanta Fordyce, was admitted and the doctors administered saline to her.
Asked about the girl’s baby the mother said an
