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Newborn found abandoned this morning

A newborn baby boy is fighting for his life in the Pelonomi State Hospital after being abandoned in a field in Heidedal, Bloemfontein

The child was found early this morning.

Netcare911 Paramedics were called to the scene after a passerby noticed the child crying.

They arrived to find the boy in a critical condition, "in a hypothermic state having been exposed to the elements for a long period", Netcare said in a statement.

"Paramedics immediately initiated care and attempted to warm the child, rushing him to hospital. There the boy remains in a critical condition." 

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