HYDERABAD: A newborn girl child was abandoned by her mother at Modern Government Maternity Hospital in Petlaburj ten-days ago. The hospital’s administration did not file a police complaint till Monday hoping the parents will return to claim the newborn and attend to the health issues being faced by the girl child.
According to the hospital staff, a woman named Yasmin, aged 20-25 years, got admitted at the hospital on August 3. Before any medical tests could be performed, she went into labour and gave birth to a girl child. However, she went missing the next day morning.
“The baby is being taken care in the hospital nursery and is doing well now,” said a hospital staff. Charminar Police inspector K Chandra Sekhar Reddy said that they have registered cases. under IPC Section 317 against the child’s mother.