Abandoned newborn rescued from garbage bin

Abu Dhabi: A newborn was found abandoned in a garbage bin close to midnight on Sunday, Gulf News has learnt.

The baby boy was found close to the Chamber of Commerce and industry building on the Corniche Street, an Abu Dhabi police official said.

"The baby, probably just two or three days old, was found dehydrated and with a hastily severed umbilical cord", said the official, who asked not to be named.

The umbilical cord was cut off in an unprofessional manner and tied up with a thread, which implies the child was not born at a hospital, he noted.

Police have launched an investigation to trace the parents.

The rescue and ambulance team of the police rescued the baby after passersby who saw newborn reported the incident through the emergency services hotline, 999.

The baby was initially taken to the Corniche hospital for medical care at around 11.45pm and was moved to the Al Rahba hospital a few hours later.

According to an official at the Al Rahba hospital, the baby is now in stable condition. "He is admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit and is being taken good care of."

Doctors have estimated the baby to be between two to five days old. The hospital is extending its full cooperation to the authorities.

Timeline

March 2, 2010: Two male babies aged five months and six weeks are found abandoned outside a mosque in Sharjah

February 14, 2010: A seven-day-old baby girl was found in a carton in front of Al Jazeera Al Hamra Mosque

January, 2010: Two infants found abandoned in Ajman in two separate incidents

October 25, 2009: A newborn baby is found dead at the bottom of a ventilation shaft in a building in Sharjah

June 4, 2009: A woman abandons a one-and-a-half-year-old child at the Union Cooperative Society supermarket in Hatta

May 18, 2009: A toddler is found abandoned in the early hours in Merasheed area of Fujairah

May 12, 2009: An abandoned newborn baby boy is found near a garbage container in Al Tala'a area, Sharjah

March 16, 2009: A four-month-old-girl is found in Al Khan area near a seafood restaurant in Sharjah

September 28, 2008: An eight-day-old baby is found abandoned in an elevator at Al Nahda residential building in Sharjah

June 12, 2008: An abandoned newborn baby girl is found in the women's prayer area of a mosque in Ras Al Khaimah

May 15, 2008: A baby girl believed to be three weeks old is left alone in a park on Electra Street

October 1, 2006: A three-month-old baby boy is found abandoned on one of the roads in Sharjah

December 30, 2005: A UAE national family in Ras Al Khaimah found an abandoned newborn boy at their doorstep

Requirements: Adopting a child

- Family must be Emirati and live in the UAE and the husband and wife must be over 25 years old.

- Family must show evidence of their capability to raise child.

- Medical certificate proving family is free of infectious diseases as well as a certificate of good conduct.

- Undertaking to treat the child as a member of the family.