Residents in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried under the rubble of a five-storey apartment building destroyed by the earthquake.
Newborn girl rushed to hospital after being found under debris still attached to her motherA newborn baby who was found still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother and pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria following a deadly earthquake, receives medical care at a clinic in Afrin, on Tuesday.The newborn girl was found buried under the debris with her umbilical cord still connected to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, who was found dead, they said.
The rescuers found the baby Monday afternoon, more than 10 hours after the quake struck. A female neighbour cut the cord, and she and others rushed with the baby to a children's hospital in the nearby town of Afrin, where she has been kept in an incubator, said the physician treating the baby, Dr. Hani Maarouf.
Maarouf said he believed the baby had been born about three hours before being found, given the amount her temperature had dropped.Jinderis, located in the rebel-held enclave of northwest Syria, was hard hit in the quake, with multiple buildings that collapsed. The town saw another dramatic rescue Monday evening, when a toddler was pulled alive from the wreckage of a collapsed building.
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