A schoolgirl has been beaten up and raped near the Republican Hospital in Chisinau. According to Silvia Babara, coordinating doctor at the Chisinau Emergency Service, the 11 year old girl was returning from school at around 1:30pm on Testemiteanu Str. when she was stopped by a man who was about 30 years old. The man convinced the child to go with him by promising her candies. In a coppice near the Republican Hospital, the man beaten up and raped the girl, and even tried to throttle her. After he left, the girl called her mother on the cell phone and told her what happened. The child was admitted to hospital with severe facial, abdomen and genital wounds. The man is being searched by the police. Another child, a 15 year-old boy, fell down from the roof of a house on Otovasca Street, at around 4:30pm. The house was about 6-7 meters high. The boy received extremely severe wounds and was admitted to “Valentin Ignatenco” hospital. During the last 24 hours the doctors of the Emergency Service recorded 719 calls, including 71 cases of trauma, 56 cases of acute virosis, 8 strokes and 2 cases of mushroom intoxication. Out of the whole number of calls, 114 needed first aid for children.