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Newborn Rescued From San Martín Trash Bin Is Stable as Abandonment Probe Opens

Prosecutors ordered a security‑camera canvass to identify who left the premature girl.

Overview

  • Police found the infant around 5:40 a.m. in a public trash bin on Riobamba near Pueyrredón and Rivadavia after a 911 call reported crying.
  • Officers rushed her in a patrol car to Hospital Municipal Dr. Diego Thompson to avoid waiting for an ambulance.
  • Doctors say she was born at about 36 weeks, weighed 1,890 grams, is clinically stable, and remains in neonatal intensive care.
  • Medical staff report signs of a recent home birth with the umbilical cord cut in an improvised manner, and officers noted she was naked with garbage bags placed on top.
  • The case is handled by UFI No. 3 under prosecutor Daniel Cangelosi as ‘abandonment of a person,’ with child‑protection authorities involved and no suspects publicly identified.