A
newborn baby was rescued from the clutches of death after she was
abandoned by a heartless mother in Ketu area of Lagos State.
The abandoned baby after he was rescued
Abass-Aleshinloye Omotoke has narrated how a helpless newborn baby
was rescued in Ketu area of Lagos after the child was dumped by the
heartless mother.
Omotoke wrote:
"People are desperately wicked. I wonder why someone will be
pregnant for 9 good months and dumped the baby. Things are tough; Oh yes
we know, there's recession everywhere; we understand. I was raised by a
single mum who struggled and did all sort of odd jobs just to get me
where I am today. Around 8:45am today, I heard my neighbor crying and I
had to rush out to know what was wrong and the next thing she said
someone dumped a baby behind her window where my Aunt parked her car and
we all rushed there. Lo and behold, we saw this new born baby with
blood stain on the ground and on the floor with his placenta still
attached to his cord in his belly.
The baby was clothless and was placed on a stone. I mean who
does that to a new born??? even if the mother doesn't want the baby, she
could've at least give birth to it and then give it to someone who
needs baby.
And there I watched "Iyawo" one of my neighbors shedding tears
uncontrollably because she has been married for so many years without an
issue, and I tried thinking of what will be going on in her mind at
that moment.
Moments later, a woman removed her head gear and wrapped the
baby properly with it. And I keep wondering the millions of mosquitoes
that would have fed on the newborn's blood, the insect bites, the
starvation the baby might have gone through cos I know the mother can
never breastfeed him.
Thank God for the quick intervention of Ikosi ISheri LCDA, God bless the midwives, nurses and the First Aid staff there.
I am not writing this for writing sake, but I am writing this
as a mother to be. Please, whoever needs the baby should try and adopt
him legally; he's currently receiving treatment at Ikosi Isheri LCDA
health centre, ketu Lagos state."
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