Nellore: Though police traced the parents of two new born babies, who were found abandoned two months ago at the government general hospital in Nellore, hospital authorities are wary about handing over the twins to them again.
Principal of Government Medical College Dr. A. Srihari said they can give the babies to the couple only after the police certify that they are indeed the parents because the couple has no records or even Aadhaar cards to prove their identity.
Moreover, there is some confusion over who admitted the twins in the GGH and the names of the parents are slightly different at the OP and ward.
Dr. Srihari said that officials of Nellore Dargamitta police station have been conducting background check of the parents with the help of Kavali police as the parents belongs to Chakicherla in Kavali mandal.
It was made clear that the babies will be sent to Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) department if the police fail to establish the credentials of the parents.
Nellore SP Iswarya Rastogi had deputed a team to trace the parents after Deccan Chronicle brought the issue to his notice recently.
Child Care wing HOD Sathya Prakash said that some unknown persons had sent six milk powder boxes through Amazon, following the news published in Deccan Chronicle.
The mother of the twins Venkataramanamma, who belongs to Yanadi community, said that she left to her native place after admitting the babies because someone told her that she will not get the babies back if she does not have an Aadhar card.
Her husband Venkataramanaiah had no answer when questioned about the reasons for abandoning the twins, who appear very healthy now.
Parents of Venkatramanaiah said that they are ready to take care of the two children though they are poor and eke out a living by cutting wood.
Even as the hospital authorities are in a fix over handing over the kids to the parents, staff, manning the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) are worried over the health of the kids as there is every likelihood for them to catch infection if they are kept in SNCU.
Reminding that they are premature babies and special care has to be taken till they are three-years-old, the staff also expressed doubts over the capacity of the parents to feed them.
