Karnataka farmer rescues newborn dumped, pecked on by crows

Bengaluru | Friday | 23rd March, 2018

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He rushed to the spot only to find a half-buried newborn boy wailing.There were tell-tale signs that the child had been delivered less than an hour ago. A flock of crows swooping down on something at the edge of his field drew Gowda’s attention. Also, we will make an announcement in the local media, requesting the parents to come and collect the child. Byrappa alerted child protection unit officer Ramesh N and called for an ambulance.Dr Poornima found that the newborn’s leg had been fractured by crow bites. Asking her to shield the infant from the crows, I ran towards the primary health centre,” he said.Dr Poornima, the doctor at the health centre one km away, had just arrived..