Newborn girl found dumped in Durban bin

Paramedics were called to a tragic scene on Victoria Embankment (now Margaret Mncadi Avenue) this afternoon, May 3, where they discovered the body of a newborn baby girl, Berea Mail reports.

According to Rescue Care’s Garrith Jamieson, the baby, wrapped in a plastic shopping bag, was declared deceased at the scene.

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“On arrival, bystanders showed paramedics where the baby was. Paramedics assessed the baby and unfortunately she had already passed away,” he said.

Jamieson said he believes the baby had been dumped within a few hours of her being born.

Despite the incident occurring on a busy road, he said no one had seen anything.

“At this stage the events leading up this is unknown, however, SAPS will be investigating further,” he added.

This comes nearly a week after a foetus was found in a rubbish bin along Queen Street in the Durban CBD.

Russel Meiring of ER24 at the time said when paramedics inspected the refuse bin they discovered a male foetus, which had also been wrapped in a plastic bag.