A day-old baby has been 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 in the late hours of Thursday, November 18, 2022.
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.”
“It was either the unknown mother gave birth this morning or in the middle of the night. Looking at the position of the container, it was placed at the back of the bin,” he said.
According to residents, it is the first time such an accident has happened in the community.
“Since 18 years in this community, I haven’t heard or seen anything of this kind. This is my first time,” a shocked resident at the scene said.
However, the refuse attendant explained his predecessor had found several aborted foetuses in the past.
“The guy who used to look after the bin used to discover aborted foetuses, some of whom were about two months old,” he said.
The remains of the baby have since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue.
Investigations are currently underway by the police.