Madurai woman hands over third girl child to adoption home

MADURAI: A 36-year-old woman from a village near Checkanurani in Madurai district, who gave birth to her third child, a baby girl, on Tuesday, handed over the newborn to the child welfare committee (CWC), stating that she cannot raise the children due to her financial situation.

Her husband, a daily wage labourer, had died four months ago due to cardiac arrest. The woman, who is a farmhand, is staying in her parental house. Her other daughters are studying in Class IX and X.

CWC member B Pandiarajan said that the mother, soon after delivering the baby, informed the duty doctor at the Checkanurani primary health centre (PHC), Dr Divya that she was not in a position to raise her, and sought her help to admit her in a home.

The doctor immediately informed the officials concerned. Pandiarajan and district child protection officer A Ganesan visited the PHC and received the baby. She was handed over to an adoption home at Karumathur. Since it would be difficult for the woman to raise her other daughters as well, they promised to help her by admitting them in a home and to ensure their education in a decent school.

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