Newborn baby boy found, alive, DUMPED in a rubbish bin in hospital toilets
The tragic baby was found still in the foetal position, with his umbilical cord cut and tissues stuffed into his mouth
A MOTHER has admitted trying to kill her newborn baby by dumping the boy in a hospital toilet bin, a court heard.
Romanian Orsolya-Anamaria Balogh admitted attempted infanticide after the baby was discovered by a cleaner at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan.
A sentencing hearing at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday heard Balogh, 27, had gone to the hospital's accident and emergency department with her partner complaining of abdominal pain at about 7.40pm on July 5 last year.
Hospital staff said Balogh spent some time in the toilet but left before a nurse was ready to see her at 10.20pm.
A horrified cleaner found the baby when they noticed the bin in the toilet area was "unusually heavy" and heard a muffled squeaking noise.
The baby was found still in the foetal position, with his umbilical cord cut and tissues stuffed into his mouth.
He was given oxygen and made a full recovery.
Prosecutor Richard Pratt QC said: "The baby survived his ordeal with remarkable fortitude and, with medical intervention, was effectively unscathed by the circumstances of his birth."
Enquiries by hospital staff revealed Balogh left the hospital shortly after 10.10pm and got a taxi to her home in Wigan.
When police later went to the property both denied she had given birth, but an examination by a midwife revealed she had.
Balogh, now of no fixed address, eventually confirmed she had given birth in the toilet but said the baby had not been breathing and she thought he was dead.
She said she had not known she was pregnant, although police later found internet searches relating to pregnancy and home birth on her computer.
The court heard reports by consultant psychiatrists found the balance of Balogh's mind was disturbed after the birth and she experienced dissociation.
Balogh, who had a Romanian interpreter for the court proceedings, has been remanded in custody since July 6, 2016.
Judge Neil Flewitt QC told her he hoped to make an order that would allow her to be released into the community with the appropriate level of support.
Her sentencing was adjourned to January 16.
Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368