NASSAU| Sometime around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, 12 December 2020 a baby boy, who appeared to be approximately four days old was found in an abandoned house at the rear of the Church of the Nazarene on East Street.
The child is said to be resting comfortably in the Children’s Ward at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
We wish to advise that this incident may not be connected to the COVID-19 pandemic because similar incidents have happened before.
Pregnant women, their relatives or friends are advised that there is assistance available through the Department of Social Services Hotlines, 322-2763 or 422-2763. This service is provided free of charge.
Sometime around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, 12 December 2020 a baby boy, who appeared to be approximately four days old was found in an abandoned house at the rear of the Church of the Nazarene on East Street.
The child is said to be resting comfortably in the Children s Ward at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
We wish to advise that this incident may not be connected to the COVID-19 pandemic because similar incidents have happened before.
Pregnant women, their relatives or friends are advised that there is assistance available through the Department of Social Services Hotlines, 322-2763 or 422-2763. This service is provided free of charge.
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POLICE are still searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy found alive in the back of a local church over the weekend with his umbilical cord still attached.
According to initial reports, shortly after 11am on Saturday, police received a tip from an anonymous caller who told them that construction workers at the Church of the Nazarene had found the infant wrapped in a blanket.
“Officers responded and on their arrival, they were shown a male infant with its umbilical cord still attached,” police said.
“The child was taken to hospital for medical attention. Investigations into this matter continue.”