When Columbian police officer Luisa Fernanda Urrea responded to a frantic call about a baby abandoned near a remote forest, she rushed to help the child.
Following her motherly instincts, Urrea noticed the child was hungry, so she decided to breastfeed the baby until paramedics arrived. “I’m a new mother and I have milk and I recognized the needs that this poor little creature had,” Urrea told CEN. “I think any woman would have given her nourishment in the same circumstances,” she continued.
Edinora Jimenez, the woman who found the baby said, “I was collecting some oranges when I heard something crying. I thought it was a cat until I looked closer and saw that it was a baby girl.” When police commandant Javier Martin arrived on the scene, he said that the baby was so recently born that part of her umbilical cord was still attached.
He added that “the girl had some lacerations and was suffering from hypothermia. However, she was treated quickly and is now in good health.” If it had not been for Urrea’s quick thinking, the baby may have died.
The newborn is now being cared for by the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare until they find her an adoptive family.
Police are also searching for the infant’s mother, who may face attempted murder charges. Orphanage director Jhon Arley Murillo said: “We could be dealing with a case of attempted homicide, although it’s the prosecutor who will decide the charge.”
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Quick-Thinking Officer Breastfeeds Baby Abandoned In The Woods is an article from: LifeDaily