An underage
schoolgirl recently gave birth to a baby girl and dumped her thereafter in
bushes in the city of Yibin in China.
Authorities
in China have revealed that 12-year-old Xiao Min is one of the children who
were “left behind” and also confirmed that the young mom is a primary school
pupil.
By the
expression “left behind” they mean kids whose parents had migrated from the countryside
to look for jobs in the cities.
The young
girl’s parents had taken her 13-year-old brother along with them but left her
behind to live with the grandparents.
Xiao Min's
school teacher and her grandparents were reportedly unaware that she was pregnant.
The
abandoned newborn was found on the night of Friday August 11, in the bushes by
a roadside under a highway bridge, and was rushed to a hospital immediately
after.
Medical
experts said the baby was prematurely given birth to and needed to be given
intravenous fluid. Therefore, she was
placed in an incubator for warmth.
Further
medical analysis of the baby girl reported a healthy condition after she showed
no disturbing signs of health issues.
Kind hearted
individuals who learned about the news have donated money and other basic
necessities for the upkeep of the newborn.
Hopefully,
she will be sent to a children's home to be taken care of when her health
condition would have stabilized.
According to
reports, the Nanxi police caught up with the baby's mother two days after the
newborn was found, on August 13.
Presently,
police are investigating how the 12-year-old could have become pregnant in the
first place. There is a suspicion of the possibility of rape.
The news has
sparked off concerns over several million other children just like the underage
mom.
Authorities
in Chinese have reported that over nine million children have been “left
behind” by their parents. These “left behind” kids are usually left in the care
of their grandparents and mostly get to see their parents once a year.
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