Newborn baby abandoned on stairs of apartment building

A baby of only two days was abandoned on the stairs of an apartment building located on Traian Blvd. in Chisinau. Silvia Babara, coordinating doctor at the Chisinau Ambulance Service, has told Info-Prim Neo that the newborn baby was discovered by sweepers on Tuesday morning. The child was warped up in a blanket and was naked. The ambulance doctors established the baby suffered from bilateral pneumonia. He was taken to the chidlren's hospital No. 1. The police in Botanica district launched an investigation into this case. The woman who abandoned the child is liable to up to two years in jail. Another two children underwent lavage after they took pills found in the house. Two men aged 36 and 56 tried to kill themselves by taking pills. They were admitted to Saint Trinity Hospital for detox. Yesterday and last night, the Chisinau Ambulance Service dealt with 797 calls, including 74 cases of trauma, 56 cases of acute viral infection, two myocardial infarctions and 12 strokes.