Newborn girl abandoned outside Karnal orphanage

Karnal, August 8

A three-day-old girl child was found abandoned at the cradle baby centre (palna house), an initiative of the state government for giving shelter to abandoned children, at the entrance of MDD Bal Bhawan — an orphanage — on Thursday.

At 1.10 pm, the security guard of Bal Bhawan spotted the baby in the cradle and informed PR Nath, founder general secretary of the orphanage. The girl was wrapped in a towel.

Nath said that the staff members took care of her and informed Child Welfare Committee chairman Umesh Chanana and president of the orphanage Parminder Pal Singh. They also informed Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh about it.

“With the permission of CWC chairman, the girl was taken to the civil hospital for medical check-up. Doctor told us that she is around three-days-old and her health is good. A complete medical check-up will be done on Friday,” said Nath.

He said that this facility was started on November 14, 2014 by Gharaunda MLA Harvinder Kalyan. So far, the centre has received 10 abandoned infants, of whom eight are girls.

With this girl, 104 children, including 50 girls, are living in the orphanage. The children of the orphanage have named the newborn Diya, he added.

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