Another abandoned newborn baby found in KZN
A newborn baby has been rushed to hospital after being found abandoned in a pile of rubbish on the side of a road in Chatsworth, south of Durban.
Netcare 911 spokesperson, Shawn Herbst says when paramedics arrived on the scene in Burlington Heights
on Tuesday morning, they found the one-day-old baby boy with his placenta still attached.
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Herbst says the baby was struggling to breathe.
"The baby was completely covered in ants, had severe dehydration and battling to breathe. The child was placed in a Netcare 911 ambulance where he was treated.
"Once stabilised the baby was transported to a hospital for further assessment," says Herbst.
