Three-day old boy found abandoned in Faridabad

FARIDABAD: A three-day old baby boy born with two teeth but who has to still open his eyes brought curious visitors to a hospital in Faridabad.
The baby was abandoned in a bush in a village near Hodal. A woman who found the baby took it to the police station with the firm intention of adopting it. The policemen brought the baby to the Badshah Khan Hospital for examination and care.
The baby had scratches all over its body from the thorny scrub in which it was abandoned.Visitors speculated whether the two teeth were a bad omen or a sign of good luck.
The young woman who found the baby is anxious to adopt it but the civil authorities have cautioned her about the tedious legal formalities which she must undergo before she can have the child. She insists on being with the child and hospital authorities have raised security cover for the child.
Speaking to TOI, CMO Dr Ravinder Mathur said: "We have no option but to send this baby along with another female child found recently to a government-run children's home at Panchkula. The authorities at Chandigarh will decide about the custody of the child.