A young mother on Wednesday shocked officials at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital as she absconded from her baby boy after giving birth to him.
Haddy Njie allegedly gave birth to third baby of 2020 born but abandoned the child claiming to use the bathroom, the hospital officials said.
In an exclusive interview with Mariama Cham a midwife said:” the third baby is an abandoned baby which was delivered off at 6:35 am. When I was wiping the baby, the mother said that she wants to take bath.”
“So, I saw her the bathroom, she went to the bathroom, but by the time I finished wiping the baby, then I called Haddy Njie, Haddy Njie, Haddy Njie is nowhere to be seen. So that’s how the mother just went.”
She added: “we didn’t see her and we went to the security and the securities say that no one passed through the gate.”
According to the midwife, the lady didn’t come with neither a family member nor antenatal card to the hospital, adding she came with nothing, she only came with her three-quarter.”
Midwife Cham said when she asked the lady to provide a contact of her family for communication the lady replied she couldn’t remember any contact to her family.
The baby would now be taken care of and he is in good health.
By Adama Makasuba
