Airplane cleaners got the shock of their lives on September 12th. They were cleaning a plane on the runway in Manila when they found a newborn baby inside a toilet trash can. The baby still had its umbilical cord attached. His mother gave birth to him in the toilet of the Gulf Air plane and then abandoned him. Cleaner Jemon Deita explained how he found the infant, saying: “I was amazed why all of a sudden my black plastic bag became heavy to carry, because I thought I only took used tissue paper from the toilet.”
Doctors at the airport examined the baby and said he was in good condition. Gulf Air is now checking the passenger list to try and find the mother. They think she could be a woman who worked overseas and returned to the Philippines without wanting her family to know she had a baby. The doctors named the child George Francis, after the initials of Gulf Air flights, GF. He weighed just over 3 kilos. George Francis is now in a special centre for children, while social workers make a decision about his future.
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