Jul 14, 2012: Two baby girls abandoned in Rajasthan, one of them left on railway tracks dies

Press Trust of India | Updated: July 14, 2012 08:38 IST

JAIPUR: The never-ending discrimination against girl child took its toll once again on Friday with a newborn girl dying within hours after she was found abandoned at public convenience at the Jagatpura railway station on Friday.

She was alive when she was spotted. She was rushed to JK Lon hospital in an 108 ambulance service. The JK Lon hospital officials said since her condition was critical, the hospital administration put her on ventilator. The girl weighed just 800 gm, much less than the weight of a healthy newborn. The parents left the newborn girl unattained.

JK Lon hospital superintendent Dr SD Sharma said, "When the girl was brought to the hospital, she was suffering from breathlessness, she had turned pale. It was a premature delivery."

The doctors admitted her to the ICU and put her on life support. Sharma said, "It seems that the girl was born just an hour or two before she was brought to the hospital at 10.30 am. Her lungs were weak so we had to inject some medicines to keep her breathing. We tried our best."

But, as the girl was critical, all the efforts went in vain as the girl died in the afternoon.

In a similar incident, a new born girl was found abandoned in Pali district. She was brought to a government hospital in serious condition on Friday. One Kaluram found her after he heard her cry. Kaluram said, "The girl was wrapped in a piece of cloth."

Besides, in Jaipur, this is the second case of abandoning a girl child in the last five days. Late on Monday night, a couple had abandoned a girl child at the hospital within minutes after her birth. The child is also undergoing treatment at JK Lon hospital. Dr SD Sharma said, "The girl is fine now. But, there is some infection in her lungs. So, she will stay in the hospital for some more days."

TIMES VIEW

On Thursday, the police launched Operation Garima in Ajmer to protect girl students at schools and colleges from being harassed by eve-teasers. However, in the "flowers" are nipped in the bud, in future there will be no need to launch such schemes. When will the government wake up and really do something to save the girl child. It seems the machinery lacks the conviction to take concrete steps in this regard. Shows, campaigns and lectures are really not helping the cause.
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