Thursday December 23, 2010
Baby in coma after being hurled on to bed
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Compiled by WINNIE YEOH, RACHEL LAW and A.RAMAN
A nine-month-old baby is in a coma due to brain haemorrhaging after being hurled on to the bed by the father for crying incessantly at their home in Jasin, Malacca, last Sunday.
Berita Harian reported that the matter was being investigated by the police.
It quoted Malacca Crime Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Raja Shahrom Raja Abdullah as saying that the victim became unconscious after the incident and the police were looking for the father, who is in his 30s, for questioning.
The baby was rushed to Malacca Hospital by the father after the toddler became unconscious and a swell developed on the head.
Doctors suspected that the baby had been abused and lodged a report at the hospital’s police beat.
The baby has been referred to Hospital Kuala Lumpur after falling into a coma due to brain haemorrhaging.
The baby’s condition is listed as critical and is now warded at the Intensive Care Unit in the hospital.
