Bengaluru cop breastfeeds abandoned child

Constable saves deserted newborn’s existence by means of breastfeeding him

Constable DS Archana, who shot to reputation for nursing a newborn, who the police had discovered deserted at an under-constriction building on June 1, says it was once as though she have been feeding her own five-month-old son Ashith.

Accolades have been pouring in from all quarters for the 31-year-old cop connected with the Electronics City police station after she stored the lifetime of the deserted baby by means of breastfeeding him. When the police discovered the deserted baby at the construction web site, he was once in an excessively susceptible condition. It is believed that the well timed intervention of the constable who along side her colleagues rushed to the spot and rescued the baby has stored a existence.

Archana, who has not too long ago given delivery to a child boy, didn't think twice when the baby began crying and breast-fed the extraordinarily susceptible and traumatised baby and stabilised his condition earlier than the coming of scientific and emergency services. It was once no longer just her superiors from the dept, but even Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy congratulated her for the selfless act. The baby seems to have been deserted just minutes after delivery.

“I have a five-month-old boy and had just reported again to work from my maternity go away a couple of fortnight again. We gained a message about the deserted baby and left within the Hoysala to the spot. After reaching, I took the baby in my palms and noticed the baby had abrasions on its head and had blood stains everywhere him. It seemed that the baby was once born a few minutes again. We right away took him to the within sight Lakshmi Hospital. The docs, who examined him, opined the baby was once healthy and weighed 2.five kg. The baby began crying and being a mother, I sensed he was once hungry. I took him and fed him and he stopped crying. What extra can have I done except feeding him? When I took him and began feeding him, I felt as even though I have been feeding my son Ashith,” Archana advised BM.

The baby was once discovered deserted close to an below construction building at Celebrity Layout close to Doddathoguru. Wrapped in a plastic quilt, the baby was once spotted by means of a shop owner, who informed the Electronics City police. After receiving scientific help, the baby was once brought to the police station for the formalities and then despatched to Sishu Vihaar in Wilson Garden. Archana nursed the baby at the police station once more earlier than he was once to be taken to the government home.

Another police constable identified as Shashikala went and handed the baby over to the government at Sishu Vihaar. Archana, who has pursued her graduation, is a 2012 batch police constable and is a local of Madugiri close to Tumakuru. Her husband works in a private company.