Newborn found abandoned in Bohol town
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — A newborn baby boy was found early Friday morning, Oct. 30, abandoned inside a residential property in Panglao, Bohol, just four days after another was discovered near a school.
The newborn was found at around 3 a.m. on top of a small table outside the house of 53-year-old Myrna Ayup in Purok 5, Barangay Danao.
Ayup told police that she was awakened by the sound of a crying baby. When she went outside to check, she found the infant wrapped in a black jacket.
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She immediately sought help from a neighbor and contacted the Panglao Emergency Medical Response Unit (PEMRU), which responded with personnel from the Rural Health Unit (RHU).
The Panglao Police Station received a report about the incident at around 5 a.m. and dispatched personnel, including a member of its Women and Children Protection Desk, to verify the report and assist the infant.
The baby boy was subsequently brought to the Panglao RHU for medical examination and appropriate medical attention.
Police said an investigation was underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and identify the person responsible for leaving the baby.
The discovery came four days after another newborn, a baby girl, was found abandoned near Cristal e-College in Barangay Tawala, Panglao, on Oct. 26.
The baby girl, wrapped in a blanket, was discovered at around 9 a.m. near the school’s parking area by an 18-year-old first-year college student who was parking his motorcycle.
She was brought to a hospital for further medical treatment after suffering multiple ant bites.
A follow-up police investigation identified the infant’s mother as an 18-year-old first-year college student from Anda, Bohol, who was reportedly renting a boarding house near the area where the baby was found.
