Parents flee as newborn undergoes surgery
11 May 2013 8:06 AM IST
Parents of a three-day-old baby boy suffering from a congenital defect abandoned their child in the civic-run Sion hospital on Wednesday morning. The child was suffering from a defect known as imperforate anus, which occurs in one out of 5,000 infants.
Doctors at the hospital said that the newborn boy, Roshan Kumar Mohato, was admitted in the paediatric ward of the hospital on Tuesday evening by his parents Pramod and Bharati Mahato, who hail from the Mangaon taluka in Raigad district. The infant then underwent surgery for the defect. He was the shifted to the ICU of the paediatric ward.
While Roshan was recuperating in the ICU, his parents slipped out of the hospital, and didn’t return. They were last seen outside the paediatric surgery ward, said a doctor. Roshan will be recuperating in the ICU of the paediatric ward for two more weeks until he fully recovers from the surgery. ‘His condition is stable, and he weighs 1.8 kg. The hospital staff are taking care of him, and the child is guarded at all times,’ said Dr Supe.
Doctors at the hospital said that the newborn boy, Roshan Kumar Mohato, was admitted in the paediatric ward of the hospital on Tuesday evening by his parents Pramod and Bharati Mahato, who hail from the Mangaon taluka in Raigad district. The infant then underwent surgery for the defect. He was the shifted to the ICU of the paediatric ward.
While Roshan was recuperating in the ICU, his parents slipped out of the hospital, and didn’t return. They were last seen outside the paediatric surgery ward, said a doctor. Roshan will be recuperating in the ICU of the paediatric ward for two more weeks until he fully recovers from the surgery. ‘His condition is stable, and he weighs 1.8 kg. The hospital staff are taking care of him, and the child is guarded at all times,’ said Dr Supe.
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