A new born baby who was dumped inside a pit toilet by its mother was lucky to be rescued alive.
A one-day-old baby boy was recovered from a pit toilet where it was thrown into shortly after its birth by the mother.
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According
to a Facebook user, the discovery was made possible after a resident of
the compound went to the toilet to defecate early in the morning, only
to be confronted with cries of the baby inside the toilet.
The
woman raised an alarm, drawing other residents and some men among them
quickly mobilised and volunteered to go into the toilet and bring out
the baby covered in faeces.
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After it was washed, it turned out to be a very healthy infant and was taken to the community health care center from where it was treated and handed over a motherless babies home.