A heartbreaking report has revealed that a newborn baby was abandoned by the mother in a bin bag and in the open.
Mirror UK reports that he newborn baby was rescued after it was dumped in a black bin bag on the side of the road. Passers-by who discovered the bag desperately tried to save the baby - which still had its umbilical cord attached.
The report says one woman, wearing pink, put on protective gloves and delicately tried to manoeuvre the baby onto a blanket. It was after she picked the baby up that umbilical cord was revealed.
There was also more contents in the bag which could possibly be the mother's placenta.
Amazingly, the baby has survived its traumatic entry into the world.