거짖으로 신생아 발견했다던, 엄마 건강회복 되찾아. 산모는 19세의 한국여인, 위로가 필요하다.

지난 금요일, 추운날 TV를 시청하는 캐네디언들을 분노케하는 뉴스가 전해졌다.
한젊은 여인이 갖태어난 신생아를 Shopping Mall에 있는 Garbage Bin에서 발견해서 경찰에 신고했다는 것이다.

구급차가 급히달려오고, 경찰의 신속한 대응으로 일단은 사건 수습을 했으나, 이를 그냥 넘기지 않고, 뒷추적을 해온 경찰의 발표를 보면, 앞뒤 정황이 맞지 않아 시청자들을 혼란에 몰아넣는,  뭔가 석연치 않았음이 이사건속에 있음을 알게했다.

실제사건의 진실은, 신고한 여성이 산모였었고, 이젊은 여인은 아무도 없는 자기가 거주하는 집에서 혼자 남자아이를 낳고 바로 보자기에 싸서, Garbage Bin옆에 두고, 경찰에 신고를 했었다고한다.

경찰조사결과, 이젊은 여인은 실제로는 아이를 보자기에 싸서 집안에 두고, 경찰에 신고할때는 집으로 데려와 보호중에 있다라고 신고한것이다.


더 궁금증을 더하게 해주는것은, 이여인은 이제 19세된 젊은 엄마로, 경찰의 발표에 따르면, 한국에서 온지 불과 한달쯤 됐다고 했는데, 이 젊은 엄마가 성장한 곳이 토론토인지? 한국인지의 여부는 알려진게 없다.

경찰과 구급차가 신생아를 병원에 입원시켰을 당시에, 태아의 탯줄이 그대로 있는 상태였다고 하며, 집안식구들은 산모가 임신한줄을 전연 모르고 지내왔다고 알려지고 있는데, 그게 가능한지의 여부도 궁금하다.

경찰은 산모에게 죄를 묻지 않을 방침이라고 하면서, 현재 산모와 신생아는 이제 모두 건강하게 병원에서 치료와 보호를 받고 있다고 한다.  여기서 분명한것은 19세의 젊은 엄마는 이아이를 낳은때, 축복이 아닌, 한번의 실수로 엄청난 결과를 초래한것과 이로 인한 앞날이 구만리같은 삶에 많은 두려움이 동반됐을 것으로 이해된다.

경찰과 구급차의 신속한 대응이 없었더라면, 건강하게 태어난 새명명이, 비록 축복 받는속에서 세상에 나오기는 했지만, 역사속으로 조용히 묻힐번 사건이었는데, 천만다행이다. 감사.

앞날이 중요함을 인식한 경찰의 무죄조치를 환영하며, 탓하기 보다는 앞날을 살아가는데 좋은 교훈을 얻었다는 정신적 안정감과 자신감을 갖도록 격려해주는게 주위에서, 인생선배로서 해야할일일것 같다.

Codi Wilson, CP24.com
Published Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:21AM EST 
Last Updated Thursday, January 18, 2018 11:37AM EST

The baby of a 19-year-old woman who falsely claimed she found the newborn abandoned outside a North York plaza is expected to survive, police told CP24 Thursday.

On Tuesday morning, police said they were initially told that a baby was spotted by a couple in a covered walkway behind a shopping plaza near Keele Street and Lawrence Avenue.

At the time, police said that the couple reportedly wrapped the child in a hoodie and took him home before calling 9-1-1.

Police later discovered that the woman who first reported finding the baby had actually given birth to the boy alone at a home on Redberry Parkway and subsequently fabricated a story about the child being abandoned.

Police said the woman had tried to keep her pregnancy a secret from family members.

The baby was rushed to hospital in critical condition and the mother, who was visiting Canada from Korea, also received treatment in hospital.

Police previously said the baby was premature but have now confirmed that the baby was carried to term.

Speaking to CP24 on Thursday, police said the child is “strong” and “healthy.”

The child’s mother is also doing well, police said.

Police told CP24 earlier this week that investigators do not plan to lay any charges.

A woman who gave birth to a baby in a North York home on Tuesday morning fabricated a story about finding it abandoned behind a nearby plaza, a police source tells CP24.

Police initially said that the baby boy was spotted by a couple in a covered walkway behind a plaza near Keele Street and Lawrence Avenue at around 11 a.m.

Police said they were told the couple placed the baby in a hoodie and took him to a nearby home before calling 9-1-1.

That story, however, has since been debunked.

According to the police source that spoke with CP24, investigators have determined that the baby’s mother had kept her pregnancy a secret from her family and gave birth to the baby alone inside a home on Redberry Parkway on Tuesday morning.

The source said the woman, believed to be under the age of 20, called police as soon as she gave birth and made up the story about finding the baby behind the plaza.

The baby, which still had his umbilical cord, was taken to hospital via emergency run and was initially listed in serious but stable condition, though his condition was later downgraded to critical. The source told CP24 that it is their understanding that the woman received no medical care throughout her pregnancy.

“Right now the most important thing is to make sure that this baby gets the care that it needs to survive,” Const. David Hopkinson told CP24 earlier on Tuesday morning. “That is the only thing the officers will be concentrating on (right now). We will have plenty of time to investigate once that is done.”

Speaking with CTV News, a family member of the woman said she is a 19-yearold woman from Korea who has been staying with family in the city.

According to Hopkinson, the mother was located by police on Tuesday afternoon. He said that police are getting her “the medical care she needs.”

The source who spoke with CP24 said that the mother is not likely to face criminal charges.

The source said that the woman was visiting family at the Redberry Parkway home at the time of the birth.

CP24’s cameras captured the woman, dressed in sweat pants and a red jacket, being escorted out of the home at around 1:45 p.m. and being placed into the back of an awaiting ambulance.

The woman was not in handcuffs, though she was being escorted by multiple police officers.

The area around the plaza was cordoned off for most of the day but police cleared the scene at around 2 p.m., shortly after the woman was taken into custody.

A worker at one dry cleaning business with a door facing onto the walkway where the baby was falsely reported to be found previously told CP24 that investigators reviewed surveillance footage but did not see any baby being left in the walkway.

The Children’s Aid Society is awaiting instructions from police and will attend Humber River Hospital, where the baby is receiving treatment, once notified.

At that point, the CAS will formally “apprehend” the baby.

“Ensuring the safety of the child has to be the primary concern.” Children’s Aid Society of Toronto CEO David Rivard told CP24. “If the mother is listening please come forward. We will do all we can to support you and ensure the child remains safe.”

Police previously said that the baby was crying when it was first transported to hospital.

https://www.cp24.com/news/baby-of-woman-who-claimed-to-find-newborn-abandoned-doing-well-police-say-1.3765039