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Rescued Newborn Leaves Lambayeque Hospital for Piura Shelter Under State Care

Authorities ordered the transfer due to a lack of local shelter space, initiating custody proceedings.

Overview

  • Police previously found the baby inside a cardboard box in a park in José Leonardo Ortiz, Chiclayo.
  • After roughly 18 days of care at the Hospital Regional de Lambayeque, clinicians declared him clinically stable and discharged him on October 30.
  • Doctors treated suspected infection and pneumonia with a week of antibiotics, and he is afebrile, feeding well, and shows appropriate psychomotor signs, weighing 4.35 kg and measuring 51 cm.
  • Local reporting cites that he was also treated for a rib fracture, with hospital staff describing a full recovery.
  • By order of the Ministerio Público and the child-protection unit, he was moved to the Albergue Santa Rosa in Piura with his medical file, where he will receive follow-up care as authorities evaluate his legal status and potential adoption.