Some people are just inhumane.

Recently last few weeks, as usual my department does grand ward rounds on Friday. As usual, we would see all our patients including pediatrics ward where we have children post tonsillectomies that we need to see.
So one fine day, we entered the ward and saw a baby cot placed at the nurses station. This usually signifies a child that has no guardian - be it due to an abuse case, for protection or abandoned child. This boy happened to be an abandoned child. After rounds, we went to take a look at the child. I have always been very fascinated by children, having two of my own although exhausting, does not influence me to stop having anymore - be it from my own womb or adopted.
This child was born with a congenital anomaly. He has microcephaly and appears to be spastic diplegic - okay in English, it means the size of the head is small and due to that he has difficulty in moving his two legs - its a bit stiff and has increased tone.
There was some familiarity of the child, but all microcephalic children appear the same. But this time my nurse pointed out that we have seen the child before. Sure enough, as I juggled my memory, I believe that I had inspected the child a few months back for hearing assessment. Excitedly, my nurse searched our records and found the details of the parents and we gave it to pediatrics. Unfortunately, nobody answered the phone and our last resort was through JKM. Uptil now, I haven't heard any progress, but he is under an orphanage now.
The boy was about 6 months old. He was small for his age which is common in microcephaly. He was well kept and we called him Ismail. I remembered when I was in pediatrics, I was usually very attached to the abandoned children. I would cry if JKM took them to the orphanage because I would help care for them, feed them. The problem with the orphanage, it is mixed with bigger children and there was not enough staff to care for everyone that the little ones tend to get a bit neglected because they cannot fend for themselves.
I feel very upset that people just throw away babies just like that. I mean, if you didn't want the child why bear him/her into the world? Perhaps you should consider not having any unprotected sex, or maybe get an abortion. Rather than throw the baby into the dustbin or in a bush. They are living creatures, humans in fact. Even cats we do not treat them in such way. Or maybe give them up for adoption. There are many couples out there who have trouble conceiving, who would be most happy to adopt a child. I myself would be most happy to adopt a child - at least I know I have made a difference in one human's life.