COIMBATORE: An HIV certain mom has abandoned her 38 days old child boy at a non-public orphanage situated at Ramanathapuram right here. The child used to be handed over to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Wednesday. Doctors there said the kid used to be healthy.
Resident medical officer, CMCH, Soundaravel said they had been but to determine if the infant used to be HIV certain. "We will conduct the tests soon. After that, the baby will be handed over to the child welfare committee. But, we will treat and monitor the child for 18 months. Another set of tests will be conducted then to ascertain if the baby has contracted the disease," he said.
According to Soundaravel, as many as 12 small children had been abandoned in the city last year. "They were admitted to Don Bosco Anbu Illam and almost all of them are getting education in government and corporation schools. In 2016, 11 babies had been abandoned," he said and added the cases of HIV certain mothers forsaking their small children weren't not unusual in the city.
R Riyaz of orphanage Mercy Home said that the 22-year-old woman had given beginning to the kid in Theni. Her husband left her as she were travelling to various cities and staying in orphanages. "Childline sent the woman and the baby to Mercy Home on January 20. On 28, she left the home saying she wanted to visit her family in Pollachi. As she did not return, we informed officials and handed over the baby to the CMCH," Riyaz said.
He said the stigma of HIV used to be nonetheless power in the society. "Even rich families abandon children. We have 30 children aged between 5 and 21 in our home. Four months ago, we helped a woman and man, both HIV positive, to get married. They are planning a baby as well. Now there is treatment to ensure HIV negative child for such couple," Riyaz said.
He, on the other hand, said seldom does one come forward to undertake abandoned youngsters. "Many have been abandoned after pressure from the society and relatives," Riyaz added.
Resident medical officer, CMCH, Soundaravel said they had been but to determine if the infant used to be HIV certain. "We will conduct the tests soon. After that, the baby will be handed over to the child welfare committee. But, we will treat and monitor the child for 18 months. Another set of tests will be conducted then to ascertain if the baby has contracted the disease," he said.
According to Soundaravel, as many as 12 small children had been abandoned in the city last year. "They were admitted to Don Bosco Anbu Illam and almost all of them are getting education in government and corporation schools. In 2016, 11 babies had been abandoned," he said and added the cases of HIV certain mothers forsaking their small children weren't not unusual in the city.
R Riyaz of orphanage Mercy Home said that the 22-year-old woman had given beginning to the kid in Theni. Her husband left her as she were travelling to various cities and staying in orphanages. "Childline sent the woman and the baby to Mercy Home on January 20. On 28, she left the home saying she wanted to visit her family in Pollachi. As she did not return, we informed officials and handed over the baby to the CMCH," Riyaz said.
He said the stigma of HIV used to be nonetheless power in the society. "Even rich families abandon children. We have 30 children aged between 5 and 21 in our home. Four months ago, we helped a woman and man, both HIV positive, to get married. They are planning a baby as well. Now there is treatment to ensure HIV negative child for such couple," Riyaz said.
He, on the other hand, said seldom does one come forward to undertake abandoned youngsters. "Many have been abandoned after pressure from the society and relatives," Riyaz added.
HIV positive mother abandons 38-day-old baby at orphanage
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