Another girl child left in cradle

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, December 7

Another infant was found in the cradle in Bathinda last evening. The bell rang at Mahant Gurbanta Dass Deaf and Dumb School on Goniana Road in Bathinda following which an attendant received a two-day girl in the cradle at around 7 pm. The number of infants left in the cradle reached 27 with this.

Veenus Garg, chairman, Red Cross Society Hospital, along with Dr Maneeta Bansal, visited the hospital for the check-up of the girl.

The doctors said the child was healthy. With an aim to save the girl child, a “panghura” (cradle) was introduced on January 1, 2008. The cradle was installed in front of the Red Cross building in Amritsar, Bathinda and Ludhiana. In Bathinda, the cradle was installed on February 28, 2009.

Any person can leave an infant in the cradle and ring the bell so that the attendant comes out to receive the child. The identity of parents or the single mother is not asked and the new arrival is taken to the nearest hospital for a medical examination and provided required feed and medical aid. The infant, however, is later sent to the licensed adoption placement agencies in the state from where infant can be adopted.

Doctor Satish Jindal, a paediatrician, said, “The child was kept under observation and was handed over to the District Red Cross Society. The child was in good health.”