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One-year-old abandoned at hospital by abusive guardian in Hanoi

One-year-old abandoned at hospital by abusive guardian in Hanoi

Monday, August 07, 2017, 13:48 GMT+7

A critically injured one-year-old boy is receiving intensive treatment in Hanoi after he was taken to a hospital and abandoned there by his abusive guardian.

The boy’s condition has deteriorated since his hospitalization and he is currently on life support, according to doctors at the National Hospital of Pediatrics.

Police have identified the boy as T.T.A., born in 2016 as the fifth child of his mother D.L.H., 34, a resident of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District.

H. was jailed last month for a drug-related crime, and had entrusted the care of her son to a friend.

Last week, the friend became occupied with work and asked Nguyen Thanh Hang, 39, to help take care of the child for a while.

On Thursday, Hang took the one-year-old to St. Paul Hospital in Hanoi with multiple injuries, including bruises that spread along his legs, a traumatic brain injury, and genital wounds.

The woman reportedly fled while doctors were busy attending to the child’s injuries.

According to the hospital’s information, Hang invented different names for herself and the child when declaring their personal details for the hospitalization.

As the boy’s condition became critical, he was transferred the same day to the National Hospital of Pediatrics for treatment.

When Hang returned the next day with a group of relatives to check on the boy’s condition, she was escorted to a local police station for questioning, where she admitted to having abandoned the boy at the hospital.

According to doctors at the National Hospital of Pediatrics, the boy’s condition has taken a turn for the worse, with constant seizures and periods of unconsciousness.

Doctors suspected the boy had been a victim of child abuse following examinations of his injuries.

On Saturday, Hanoi police officers prosecuted the case and opened an investigation into the alleged crime of “deliberately inflicting injury” by his guardian.

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