Newborn baby found in Manila airport garbage bag
MANILA, Philippines – Authorities at Manila's airport found a newborn baby in a garbage bag that was apparently unloaded from an airplane that landed Sunday from the Middle East, officials said.
Security officials brought the baby boy, who was covered in blood and wrapped in tissue paper, to an airport clinic, where doctors and nurses examined him and cleaned him up, wrapped him in cloth and gave him a bottle of milk, airport officials said.
"After he was cleaned, he let off a soft cry," airport nurse Kate Calvo said. "He was healthy, his vital signs were OK according to our doctors."
A security officer noticed something moving in a garbage bag that was reportedly unloaded from a Gulf Air plane that arrived from Bahrain and found the baby inside, an airport statement said. The baby was later turned over to social workers posted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Gulf Air officials were not immediately available for comment.
Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said she was angered by what happened, adding that police have been ordered to search for the infant's mother, who could be criminally charged.
"I was simply outraged, no infant should be treated that way," Soliman said.
She said the baby will be turned over to the mother's relatives or put up for adoption.
Many Filipinos are forced to work as maids and laborers abroad, including the Middle East, to escape crushing poverty and unemployment at home.
Reposted From Associated Press
4 comments:
The baby....oh my. What is wrong with people? You hear and see such awful things everywhere.
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Sandy
Hi Sandy,
Life is most precious in the eyes of God. So anyone who would put the safety of the life of anybody on the line or who would try to abort a new life is committing a most heinous crime in the eyes of God. Thanks for your visit and comments. God bless you always.
awwww poor little angel. I couldn't imagine how she did such thing. :(
Hi Sam,
Yes, that's very unconscionable of his mother to just throw him at the waste bin of the airplane. Good thing he was still alive when found. Thanks for your visit and comments. God bless you all always.
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