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'She had only an hour left': a premature girl was found buried in the ground and brought back to life

'08.12.2019'

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The premature girl, who was found buried in an earthenware vessel in northern India in mid-October, now feels well, said Bi-bi-si her doctor.

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The baby was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Doctors diagnosed blood poisoning and dangerously low platelet counts.

Now the girl has gained weight, breathing on her own, and the platelet level in the blood is normal, said the pediatrician Ravi Hannah. He provided photographs of the child.

It was not possible to establish the parents of the baby, and after the period of waiting required by law, they will give her up for adoption. So far, the girl is under the tutelage of the authorities of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

How to find a child underground

A premature girl was accidentally discovered by a peasant who came to the field to bury his own daughter, who was born dead. Hindus tend to cremate the dead, but dead babies and children are often buried in the ground.

According to a local resident, he dug a hole about 90 cm deep when he suddenly came across a shovel on the surface of an clay pot. The wall of the vessel broke, and he heard children's crying.

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Pulling the vessel to the surface, he found a tiny child in it.

Initially, the girl was placed in a local state hospital, but two days later she was transferred to the pediatric clinic of Dr. Hannah, equipped with more modern equipment.

"Only an hour left"

According to pediatricians, the girl was born prematurely - probably at about 30 weeks. On admission to the hospital, she weighed 1,1 kg, suffered from hypothermia and hypoglycemia (low blood glucose), her limbs did not bend.

“On Tuesday [December 3], when we handed her back to the hospital, she weighed 2,57 kg. She accepts artificial feeding well and is now completely healthy, ”said Dr. Hannah on Thursday.

It is not known how long the newborn stayed in her grave, and doctors can only guess how she managed to survive.

As Ravi Hannah suggests, she could last three or four days thanks to "brown fat" - a special layer of fat on the abdomen, thighs and cheeks, which is found only in babies and serves as a source of energy and iron.

Other experts are more conservative in their estimates - in their opinion, the baby was underground for only two or three hours and would have died in an hour if not for the amazing rescue.

The air inside the clay vessel was unlikely to last for a long time; however, it was made of porous clay, and the earth was loose, and due to this, oxygen could penetrate inside.

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Criminal case

In October, the police opened a criminal case against “unidentified persons” and began a search for the girl's parents.

According to the investigation, the parents knew that the baby was alive, and deliberately got rid of the girl, because even after the widely publicized case, they did not appear and did not come for her.

Officials say nothing about the possible motives of the parents. However, discrimination against girls (before and after birth) in India is no secret to anyone.

Daughters are traditionally seen as an extra burden for the family, especially in the poor. The sex ratio in India is one of the worst in the world: the population now lacks about 20 million women.

Female children are disposed of in many ways. In illegal sex clinics, abortions are performed during pregnancy. But cases of the killing of newborn girls are still common.

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