Girl In Trash Can

A newborn girl found abandoned in a garbage bin earlier this month with an animal bite mark on her leg has been handed over to the Child Welfare Committee after treatment at a hospital in Delhi, officials said today.

This incident is distressing but not completely surprising in a country, which essentially continues to treat women as dirt. A nine-day-old girl was recovered from a trash can in Santacruz last evening after passers-by were attracted by her cries. The infant was taken to VN Desai hospital and later to Sion hospital. Her condition is stated to be se...

A newborn girl found abandoned in a garbage bin earlier this month with an animal bite mark on her leg has been handed over to the Child Welfare Committee after treatment at a hospital in Delhi, officials said today.

This incident is distressing but not completely surprising in a country, which essentially continues to treat women as dirt. A nine-day-old girl was recovered from a trash can in Santacruz last evening after passers-by were attracted by her cries. The infant was taken to VN Desai hospital and later to Sion hospital. Her condition is stated to be se...