‘She’ll die if she stays with us’: note found on sick Chinese baby abandoned in park
Parents say in note that they love the child but have drained their savings treating her epilepsy and cannot offer her a future
Police in a city in southern China are searching for the parents of a six-month-old girl who was abandoned in a park on Saturday night because the family could not afford her medical bills, Guangzhou Daily reports.
The baby was asleep in a stroller near a path in Fengshan Park in Dongguan, Guangdong province, when police found her while out on patrol.
The officers also found a bag containing baby milk formula, medicine, clothes and a note from the parents saying they had spent all of their savings to treat the infant’s epilepsy, the report said.
The note said they had spent 60,000 yuan (US$9,400) on medical treatment, but the seizures continued. The parents hoped the child could be admitted to the care of a government welfare agency, the report said.