{"id":290743,"date":"2023-05-11T06:39:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=290743"},"modified":"2023-05-10T16:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T21:30:05","slug":"india-preemie-baby-trash-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/india-preemie-baby-trash-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents in India horrified as preemie declared dead is found alive in trash can"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>An investigation is being launched in India after parents claim their child was declared dead and thrown into a trash can \u2014 despite being alive the whole time.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/meerut\/uttar-pradesh-newborn-declared-dead-by-doctors-found-alive\/articleshow\/100085250.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of India<\/a>, father Abdul Bhatin and mother Nazma Khan were expecting their sixth child together when Khan went into premature labor. It was their first boy, after previously giving birth to five daughters. But things quickly took a horrifying turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur boy was born five months premature,&#8221; Bhatin told the Times of India. \u201cWe were told that he did not survive and was thrown into a dustbin where he kept lying for hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The parents weren&#8217;t even given the chance to see him, until they put pressure on hospital staff to do so. \u201cOnly after persistent requests, he was handed over to us, wrapped in a sheet,&#8221; Bhatin continued. \u201cMoments before the funeral, we were shocked to see the baby\u2019s hands move and immediately rushed him to a nearby hospital from where the doctors referred him to a higher medical centre in Meerut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A similar case took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/funeral-director-premature-stillborn-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazil<\/a>\u00a0when an 18-year-old mother gave birth prematurely to a two-pound, three-ounce boy. She took him to the hospital, where he was declared stillborn. Hours later, the funeral director arrived and realized he was still alive. Other cases like this have happened in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/preemie-23-weeks-alive-morgue-refrigerator-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/miracle-baby-found-alive-after-twelve-hours-in-an-argentine-morgue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Argentina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/walgreens-cvs-petition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-283198\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Walgreens CVS banner\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--500x128.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was clearly an emotional moment for Khan. \u201cMy child was thrown in the dustbin,&#8221; she said. &#8220;No health staff was present there to pick him up. Doctors said the baby was already dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her sister, Momina, said they were on the way to bury the little boy when they realized he was still alive. \u201cOn our way to the burial ground, we all were surprised to find the \u2018dead\u2019 child breathing,&#8221; she said. \u201cThe baby is now undergoing treatment at a different health centre and his mother has not been discharged yet from the Hapur hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, an investigation is being launched to determine what happened. \u201cWe have ordered a team from the district health department to probe the matter,&#8221; Dr. Sunil Kumar Tyagi, Hapur&#8217;s chief medical officer, said. &#8220;Action will be taken against the private hospital if found guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/general-donation\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=monthly&amp;utm_content=article\"><i><strong>Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? 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