Hyderabad: At a government hospital in Hyderabad, a beautiful baby girl, not even four days old, has been abandoned by her family. The girl is not being breastfed by her mother, who insists that she gave birth to a boy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow can I feed the baby girl when I was told I gave birth to a boy?\u201d asks 22-year-old Rajitha, a tribal woman from Mahbubnagar, about 100 kms away from the city. She has given birth to her second baby just 14 months after she had a daughter.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday afternoon, Rajitha and another woman, Rama, gave birth to babies within minutes of each other at Hyderabad\u2019s Government Maternity Hospital.<\/p>\n
The hospital administration admits that there was a mix-up and news was wrongly conveyed to one family. It is the babies who are paying for that mistake.<\/p>\n
R Vidyavathi, a senior doctor, said around 40 babies are born every day at the hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn that day, the nurse called out for Rama\u2019s family, but Rajitha\u2019s mother and aunt went and they were handed the male baby. A few minutes later, when Rajitha gave birth to a girl, the family refused to accept her and lodged a police complaint,\u201d Dr Vidyavathi said.<\/p>\n
Both the babies have been kept away from their mothers at a special unit. \u201cRajitha, the mother of the female baby, refused to feed her. And for Rama Devi, breast milk has been delayed after a caesarean operation. So we are giving formula feed,\u201d the doctor told NDTV.<\/p>\n
Rajitha complains of extreme pain and discomfort because she is not feeding her newborn, yet she stubbornly says she will feed only the baby boy.<\/p>\n
20-year-old Rama says she wants her baby boy, not because of his gender but because she gave birth to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am denied the pleasure of holding my baby boy. I gave birth to him so I should have him. If I had given birth to a baby girl, I would have accepted her,\u201d said Rama.<\/p>\n
The hospital says a DNA test will now establish the biological parents of the newborns. Till then, the babies are almost like orphans, abandoned in a sterile hospital unit.<\/p>\n
A fight for the baby boy and the girl abandoned \u2013 a story common to many backward regions across India, but now seen in Hyderabad, a city that prides itself as an IT hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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