Roorkee locals want to adopt baby born to mentally unsound beggar

ROORKEE: Moved by the plight of a mentally unsound destitute woman, who was raped by an unknown person and who gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday, some local residents have come forward to adopt the baby. "The woman and her newborn baby girl was brought to hospital around 8.30 am. "We have to discharge the mother and the child in two or three days from hospital. Since the umbilical cord was still attached to the newborn baby, people called an 108 ambulance to take her to the town's civil hospital. But since the woman's mental health is not normal and she shows volatile mood swings, we have approached the mental hospital for her treatment.

ROORKEE: Moved by the plight of a mentally unsound destitute woman, who was raped by an unknown person and who gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday, some local residents have come forward to adopt the baby.

Doctors at the civil hospital, where the woman and her child are admitted, said the law does not permit them to hand over the child to others for adoption without following legal procedures, which take time.

Some locals said that they had heard that about two years ago, the woman had given birth to a baby boy but the mother threw the baby into a nearby canal.Officials at the hospital said that three people have approached them so far for adopting the child.

"We have to discharge the mother and the child in two or three days from hospital.

But since the woman's mental health is not normal and she shows volatile mood swings, we have approached the mental hospital for her treatment.

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