By GABRIEL FITO
A FOUR-day-old baby girl, whose mother died shortly after giving birth last Sunday at Mui village, Maprik was offered for sale for K150 outside the Maprik hospital last Thursday.
The baby’s grandmother, who took her to the hospital to seek medical assistance, ended up marketing the baby, when the hospital decided not to provide any relief as it lacked suitable facilities like incubators to cater for infant.
According to the grandmother, the baby managed to survive without milk for three days before she took her to the hospital.
The baby was crying and was in an agitated state when a woman offered to breastfeed the baby after being paid K5.
Jimmy Wangi told The National that he was overwhelmed with sadness when he sighted the baby so her offered money to a woman to breastfeed the infant.
Mr Wangi said it was very unfortunate that such major hospitals do not have facilities like nurseries to cater for babies born with deformities or needed special care and attention.
He could not say if the baby was sold as he left the hospital when the baby was still feeding.