Overview

• A 30-year-old Piedmont woman entered the water at Marina di Caulonia and delivered her baby unassisted among coastal shrubs.
• She cut the umbilical cord with a blade and left the newborn near vegetation before two beachgoers discovered the infant and alerted authorities.
• Emergency teams from the 118 service and the Carabinieri transported both mother and newborn to Ospedale di Locri.
• Hospital staff reported the baby weighs about three kilograms and is in good health and the mother formally renounced parental responsibility.
• The Autorità giudiziaria di Locri has been notified and is retaining the infant in pediatrics during a legal revocation period before initiating foster-care procedures.