Wigan: A cleaner rescued a newborn baby boy, allegedly abandoned by his mother, from a hospital toilet bin after he heard 'mumbled squeak' from a bag.
Fortunately, the baby escaped unscathed, in spite of being dumped in a bin with paper tissue stuffed in its mouth.
Mirror reported, the baby's mother Orsolya-Anamaria Balogh, 27, gave birth to the baby in the toilet cubicle at the Wigan Infirmary in Greater Manchester and she was not even aware of her condition until she gave birth.
However, when her computer was checked, it was found that she had been studying about pregnancy and home births, the Manchester Evening News reported.
After admitting attempted infanticide, Balogh spent the equivalent of 12 months in Styal prison, before the judge informed her he was considering her release on sympathetic grounds.
She was due at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday but the case was adjourned until Monday, January 16, pending information from the probation services and a psychiatrist.
Judge Neil Flewitt QC said, "I have in mind a suspended sentence with a community order."
Previously a resident of Wigan, Balogh has no fixed address now. The judge ruled for accommodation for her to be arranged before her release, following which she was remanded in custody.
Balogh arrived at the A&E department of the infirmary because of abdominal pains, on July 5, 2016, but refused to take painkillers, the prosecutor Richard Pratt QC reported.
Even though she was stressing that there was no way that she could be pregnant, it was found that, neither Balogh nor her boyfriend used contraception.
The court was also informed that she did not appear pregnant and did not show a 'bump'.
After her blood pressure was measured, she was told to wait, since the department was busy.
After a cleaner found the toilet occupied just before 9pm, he notified the nurse. When she knocked on the door a female voice replied, "Yes, I'm fine."
She did not meet the doctor when her turn came.
Around 11-40pm another cleaner, while cleaning the dust bin realized it was extra heavy. After taking the bag out of it, he heard noises following which he found the baby, with tissues stuffed in his mouth.
The health of the baby recovered after the tissues were removed and he was given oxygen.
When investigators arrived at the couple's house, the defendant refused giving birth, but an examination by a midwife confirmed otherwise.
Pratt also informed the court that psychiatric evaluation of Balogh clarified that she was mentally unstable after birth and were showing symptoms of de-personalisation syndrome. It causes them to assume that the world around them is not real.
