Rescuers hold an abandoned newborn boy after saving him from a narrow slit between two walls in Gia Lam District, Hanoi, August 18, 2020 in this supplied photo.
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Police in Gia Lam District, Hanoi managed to rescue an abandoned newborn boy from a narrow gap between two walls on Tuesday evening.
Officers said local people found the baby left in a gap betwen two houses in Alley No. 174 on Trau Quy Street in Trau Quy Town, Gia Lam District at around 5:50 pm on the same day.
Upon receiving the people’s report, rescuers quickly came to the scene.
This supplied photo shows a narrow wall gap where an abandoned newborn boy was rescued in Gia Lam District, Hanoi, August 18, 2020.
As the slit was too narrow for an adult to get in, the rescuers opened up a hole on one of the two walls and safely took out the litlle child at around 6:00 pm.
The baby was taken to a local medical center for health care.
This supplied photo shows a hole opened up on a wall for rescuers to remove a child abandoned in a narrow gap between two houses in Gia Lam District, Hanoi, August 18, 2020.A medical worker takes care of an abandoned child after he was rescued from a narrow wall gap between two houses in Gia Lam District, Hanoi, August 18, 2020 in this supplied photo.
This article was originally published in Tuoitre
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