Baby home promotes baby saver after infant found in bushes
Isaiah 54 Children’s Sanctuary’s Glynnis Dauth is reminding the community that their baby saver is a vital alternative to abandonment.
THE newborn baby found disposed in a black bag at Merebank recently was confirmed to be deceased, with the infant reportedly in a state of decomposition.
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Baby found in a state of decomposition
Nick Datadin of PT Alarms confirmed the tragic development following the discovery at the park under the bridge between Junagarth Road and Rawalpindi Road.
The discovery of the baby happened on Tuesday (August 25), when emergency personnel and Wentworth police responded to the evening call.
The circumstances surrounding the baby’s death and abandonment are still under investigation by the police.
Giving desperate mothers a choice
The harrowing event has triggered renewed calls for greater support for mothers in crisis, with Glynnis Dauth, founder of Isaiah 54 Children’s Sanctuary, highlighting how the home’s baby saver can play a role in providing a safe alternative to abandonment.
“At the moment abandonment seems to be escalating,” said Dauth.
She added that it is incredibly heartbreaking to see mothers who are so desperate to reach the point where they feel abandonment is the only option.
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“The biggest problem is that there is no help,” she said.
According to Dauth, the Department of Social Development (DSD) advises mothers in crisis to seek assistance from hospitals and police, however she claims that they do not always get the assistance that they actually need and that leaves them with few alternatives.
Dauth said that baby savers can provide the safest alternative for both the mother who feels unable to care for the newborn, as well as the newborn.
“Unfortunately, due to the fact that DSD thinks that baby savers should be illegal because they are allegedly encouraging abandonment, we are now in a position to share the information ourselves to those desperate mothers,” said Dauth.
She added that the baby saver could have prevented the tragic outcome of the baby found in the black bag in Merebank.
As investigations continue, Dauth reminds the community that there are better alternatives that offer a safe future for both mothers and their newborns.
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