Baby rescued from pit toilet in Anambra dies
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Baby rescued from pit toilet in Anambra
The three day old baby who was rescued alive 3 days after he was dumped in a pit toilet by the mother in Otuocha, Anambra east local government area is dead.
Anambra Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Affairs, said that the 20 year old mother identified as Nwaedoka Chidimma, from Izzi, Ebonyi state, gave birth to the baby on Sunday, August 27, 2023 and dumped him in the toilet.
When the attention of the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon Ify Obinabo, was called to the incident, she quickly Intervened by taking the infant to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Amaku Awka for treatment and arrested the culprit.
However, Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, the Media Assistant to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, disclosed the news of the baby’s death to newsmen on Thursday.
Ikeanyionwu stated that the news of the baby’s death was received late on Wednesday after treatment began at the hospital.
“All efforts to resuscitate the baby including administration of oxygen and fluids with cardiopulmonary resuscitation by the hospital proved abortive,” she said.
