GAUTENG.-  It is said that when medics arrived on scene, they found members of the public doing CPR on an infant and Netcare 911 Emergency Care Practitioners immediately took over resuscitation efforts.

A statement said that according to the public on scene, the baby, estimated to be approximately 6-days-old, wrapped in clothes placed in a plastic bag, was found by a man rumbling through a dustbin. Despite best efforts of paramedics on scene, the babies condition rapidly deteriorated and was sadly declared deceased a short while later.

Circumstances leading up to the baby being found in the dustbin, will be investigated by the SAPS who were on scene.