A 26-year-old tribal woman left her newborn daughter in Nashik Civil Hospital after reportedly presuming that the child had died, but was later united with her baby after being informed by the staff.
Saibai, a resident of Asaberi Satta tribal hamlet under Mokhada taluka in Maharashtra's Palghar district, had given birth to a girl at Nashik Civil Hospital two days back. The baby was kept in the hospital's ICU for treatment.
Unaware of her baby being in ICU, the woman, was under the impression that the child have died, left the hospital and returned home, Nashik's Deputy Commissioner of Police Laxmikant Patil said.
Meanwhile, the hospital staff informed police about the woman having left. Police searched for the woman and traced her in Palghar, he said.
They brought the woman back to Civil Hospital here and handed the child over to her last evening and also gave her some dry fruits, the DCP added.
