Newborn found in garbage bin, bitten by ants

By Bilal Kuchay for Caters News

A newborn baby girl was rescued from a garbage vat, swarmed by ants in India in a suspected case of parents abandoning their baby because it was not a boy.

The infant is being taken care by medical staff of a government run hospital in Bhopal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

The baby reportedly had multiple injury marks when she was taken in to hospital. Photo / Caters

The as yet unnamed baby was found in a polybag by a tea stall owner Dheeraj Rathore in the early hours of Saturday been "eaten" by ants.

Rathore said: "I was passing through the bin when I heard the cries of a baby.

"I was was shocked to see an infant's head sticking out of a red polybag in a garbage vat among the bushes.

Rathore and his friends cleared the insects from the infant's body, wrapped her in a cloth and took her to a nearby hospital. Photo / Caters

"Ants were all over her head and body. I immediately called my friends Chandan and Suraj for help."

Rathore and his two friends cleared the insects from the infant's body, wrapped her in a cloth and took her to nearby JP Hospital where the child's situation is said to be critical.

It's not known how long she had been enduring the ant bites.

"The baby weighs 3.5lbs. Her condition is critical.

As the newborn fights for her life, police are seeking her parents. Photo / Caters

"When she was brought to the hospital, she had multiple injury marks on her body," doctors said.

Police have registered a case and are looking for the parents.