Newborn baby found in hospital toilet

Newborn baby found in hospital toilet

JAKARTA (JP): Staffers at the Medical Rehabilitation
Installation of the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital were
surprised to find a newborn baby alive in a third floor toilet on
Thursday.

The premature baby girl, weighing 1.3 kilograms, was rushed to
the hospital's emergency room for intensive care.

Hasanah, a staffer at the hospital, said she was using the
toilet at about 11 a.m. when she heard the weak crying of a baby
from a cubicle next to her.

Hasanah then called to the baby's mother, "Ibu (Mom), what is
happening with your daughter?"

"As I didn't hear an answer, I became worried and left the
toilet for help," Hasanah said.

Several people then rushed to the toilet to see what was
happening.

Indah, an employee in the finance department, said the newborn
baby was laid precisely on the cubicle by her mother.

"Her legs were on the hole of the cubicle, while her head
faced up," she told reporters at the hospital.

Doctor Wanarini rushed the newborn to the emergency room.

"The baby is in good health, despite being premature," the
doctor said.

None of the staffers at the building could identify the
mother. (asa)