A three-month-old baby girl has been found abandoned in an uncompleted building at Gomoa in the Central Region.
Information gathered indicates that a group of construction workers discovered the baby.
A steel bender at the site, Joseph Mensah, who was part of the team that made the discovery, said after the baby was found, they reported the incident to the Daavi Bless Police Station, situated close to Gomoa Akraman.
Subsequently, the baby girl was handed over to the Gomoa East District social welfare department.
In recent times, there have been several cases of babies being abandoned.
Information gathered indicated that residents noticed the dogs’ reactions and followed them only to discover that a fresh baby had been dumped in the bush.
Also, on February 6, 2023, a three-day-old baby boy abandoned in a bush was rescued at Moree, a fishing community in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District in the Central Region.
A resident, Sampson Appiah, narrating the incident, said he heard the baby’s cry on his way to fetch water.
On his return, the baby was still crying, and he decided to get close and see what was happening.
“I found the baby wrapped in polythene and dumped under a plantain. So I rushed home to get a cloth to wrap the baby and informed the chief, who also invited the police,” he narrated.
Again, on November 18, 2022, a day-old baby was dumped at a refuse site at Atasomanso, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The lifeless baby was found wrapped in a black plastic bag by the refuse attendant in the area.
A portion of its umbilical cord was still attached to the navel and wrapped in a blood-stained white cloth.
The refuse attendant who discovered the baby, narrating the incident, said, “I went into the container myself and opened the polythene bag, and I realized it was a fresh baby.”
The most popular of such developments was reported on July 17, 2023, when an abandoned newborn baby was discovered in front of the New Covenant Apostolic Church at Somanya in the Eastern Region, leaving its members in shock.
The baby was found on Sunday, July 16, when congregants were engaged in a clean-up exercise before service.
The lead pastor of the church narrated that his attention was drawn to the situation by congregants who discovered the baby wrapped in a white box with its umbilical cord still attached.
More shocking was the fact that the runaway mother left behind a note pleading with the pastor and his wife to adopt the child.
In the chilling note, the supposed mother said leaving the baby at the doorstep of the church was her best option. She pleaded with the pastor to name the baby after one of his children.