Pajo Barangay Captain Lyndel Bullos told CDN Digital that the tricycle driver happened to be a tanod of the barangay, who immediately reported the baby at the lot to him.Bullos said that the baby girl when found still had her umbilical cord and had already smelled.
He said that the baby had no clothes on her when she was found, and she had wounds on her back, which were believed to be caused by animal bites. Wounds at the back of the baby girl rescued at a vacant lot in Barangay Pajo in Lapu-Lapu City are believed to have been caused by animal bites. | Contributed photo via Futch Anthony Inso
The baby was really dirty when she was found and when she was brought to the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital, the nurses there immediately cleaned her up and bathed her.The Pajo barangay captain also said that the attending physician described the baby to be five days old.The barangay chief said that they would also check the area if there were CCTV cameras there so that they could identify the person responsible for abandoning the baby.
| via Futch Anthony Inso