Abandoned baby boy handed over

The baby boy was found in a carry-bag hanging from the mirror holder of a car at around 5am on november 24.

A passer-by heading to the mosque for morning prayers heard the baby crying and informed the police.

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Naima Khamees Al Nakhi, Head of Social Services at Al Qasimi Hospital, said that the hospital handed over the child to the Social Department last Thursday after ensuring that his health was stable.

She said that the hospital had been giving special care to the baby.Police are still making intensive efforts to trace the baby's mother.

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Nobody's Children

25 November 2011: A new-born baby of a few days was found abandoned by the Sharjah Police in the Abu Shagarah area.

30 October 2011: Mother of a newborn baby boy was arrested by the Ras Al Khaimah Police after the body of the baby was found abandoned in a garbage bag in the trash container.

2 June 2011: A three-day-old girl was found abandoned by the Sharjah Police in a building under construction in Al Zubair.

26 April 2011: An infant was found abandoned near a mosque on the Al Kuwait Hospital Street in Ras Al Khaimah.

28 June 2010: Just a day after a month-old baby girl was found abandoned in Ajman, a newborn girl was found wrapped in a garment and placed in a bag near a house in Khor Kalba.

27 June 2010: A month-old infant girl was found at the entrance of a mosque in Ajman.

March 2,2010: Two well-dressed baby boys, wrapped in blankets and placed in cardboard boxes, found at the entrance of a mosque in Sharjah

Feb 14,2010: Seven-day-old girl found abandoned at the door of a mosque in Jazeera Al Hamra area of Ras Al Khaimah

Feb16,2010: Newborn girl abandoned by parents found at a mosque in Dubai's Naif area

Feb 7,2010: Three-month-old girl found abandoned at the Ajman Corniche

Feb 1, 2010: Boy abandoned in Al Sahabah Mosque, Sharjah

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