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KIRKUK, Iraq - A newborn baby was abandoned in Kirkuk’s Children Hospital by a woman suspected to be his mother on Friday morning.
According to the hospital’s staff, a woman dressed in black arrived at the emergency department at 9:30 am on Friday, left her child, and then fled the premises.
The baby, less than a week old, is currently kept under observation by doctors in the hospital’s department for premature babies.
Mu’tasim Aziz, Head of the Department of Premature Children in Kirkuk, told Rudaw’s Hardi Mohammed, on Sunday “The child is less than a month old and estimated to be two to three days old.” He added, “Our department is dedicated to these children whose age is less than a month, and what we have to do is protect the child's health and do what is necessary for him. His health is better than previous days.”
The police and the hospital administration have taken serious measures and brought the case to court.
Nabil Hamdi Bushnaq, Kirkuk Health Director, told Rudaw on Sunday, “These incidents were not like that before in Kirkuk.” Bushnaq added, “They would leave a newborn in front of a mosque and good people would take and adopt them, but now it is becoming chaotic in a way where people would leave newborns in bathrooms, or in places where trash is piled up. Usually, newborns have bad health conditions.”
More than 10 incidents of child abandonment have been recorded in the first five months of this year.
According to the hospital’s staff, a woman dressed in black arrived at the emergency department at 9:30 am on Friday, left her child, and then fled the premises.
The baby, less than a week old, is currently kept under observation by doctors in the hospital’s department for premature babies.
Mu’tasim Aziz, Head of the Department of Premature Children in Kirkuk, told Rudaw’s Hardi Mohammed, on Sunday “The child is less than a month old and estimated to be two to three days old.” He added, “Our department is dedicated to these children whose age is less than a month, and what we have to do is protect the child's health and do what is necessary for him. His health is better than previous days.”
The police and the hospital administration have taken serious measures and brought the case to court.
Nabil Hamdi Bushnaq, Kirkuk Health Director, told Rudaw on Sunday, “These incidents were not like that before in Kirkuk.” Bushnaq added, “They would leave a newborn in front of a mosque and good people would take and adopt them, but now it is becoming chaotic in a way where people would leave newborns in bathrooms, or in places where trash is piled up. Usually, newborns have bad health conditions.”
More than 10 incidents of child abandonment have been recorded in the first five months of this year.
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