Abandoned: Newborn found in garbage heap

He said the girl child was wrapped in a polythene bag and seemed ill.


Our Correspondent March 19, 2013

GUJRANWALA: A newborn was found lying in a garbage dump on Monday.

A passer-by informed the police and the newborn was handed over to the Civil Hospital administration.

Police said Advocate Amir Rashid noticed the baby while he was driving by on a motorcycle.

He said the girl child was wrapped in a polythene bag and seemed ill. He informed the police and took the girl to Civil Hospital, where doctors who treated it said that it was a day old.

They said it had caught cold and skin infection from the garbage.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 19th, 2013.

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