The girl is undergoing treatment…
On Tuesday evening, a newborn girl was rescued from an abandoned borewell in Odisha's Sambalpur district, doctors said she is stable and out of danger.
The girl is undergoing treatment at the special newborn care unit (SNCU) of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla.
Five doctors headed by Subhas Chandra Majhi are monitoring her health.
VIMSAR superintendent Lalmohan Nayak on Thursday said the newborn was brought to the SNCU around 11.30 pm on Tuesday in a critical condition, suffering from hypothermia (A condition when the body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature).
"Her body temperature was low due to exposure to cold in the borewell. She was kept in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) following which her condition improved. She will be kept under observation for another 48 hours," he said.
The doctor said the newborn weighed 1.6 kg and appeared to be one day old when she was rescued.
Meanwhile, police on Wednesday registered a case under Section 307 of the IPC (attempt to murder) and other sections of the IPC in the Rengali police station in connection with the incident.
"Police will investigate all possible angles to find out how the incident took place and the person responsible for it," said additional superintendent of police (ASP), Sambalpur, HC Pandey.
Edited By: Arusha Farooq
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