Title - Newborn abandoned at Mangalore railway station

MANGALORE: A premature newborn baby boy was found abandoned near the railway track at Central railway station here on Friday. The railway staff at the station heard the baby's wail and detected it near the railway tracks after Parashuram Express left at 4.40 am. The baby was handed over to NICU staff at Lady Goschen at 5.5 am. The doctor attending the baby at the hospital said: Right now the baby is in a better position than when it was brought. The baby was blue and now the colour is returning and the heart rate is also stable. Fearing infection, the doctors have started giving her antibiotics. The baby weighs1.8 kgs and has sustained abrasion marks near the spine. Meanwhile, an eight-day-old girl baby which was found abandoned at Udupi on Wednesday was handed over to Spoorthidhama in Kediyoor. Keshav Koteshwar, CEO, Spoorthidhama said on Friday a sex worker had claimed that baby was hers. We have found it to be true. The baby was taken by the woman's husband, an alcoholic, who used his wife for soliciting customers, and left it in front of an office in Udupi. The Child Welfare Committee has handed it in the care of Spoorthidhama as of now. At the next CWC meeting on Saturday, the mother will be presented and if the members find the claims of the woman are genuine, it will be handed over to her, said Keshav.