A woman in Oregon abandoned her newborn Wednesday moments after giving birth on a Portland sidewalk.
She walked away from the baby drenched in amniotic fluid and blood amid what is believed to be a mental breakdown, according to reports.
Portland police got a call about the incident around 11 a.m.
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Officer Nathan Kirby-Glatkowski and his partner were searching for a local serial burglar when they received the call, according to the Oregonian.
“It’s a cold day, it wasn’t raining at that moment, but it was raining earlier, and the sidewalk at southwest 13th and Market is no place to deliver a baby alone,” Kirby-Glatkowski told local TV station KOIN.
Medical officials “said the mother, the woman, was stumbling away eastbound on Market with a lot of blood and amniotic fluid all over her,” he continued.
After the officers responded, the mother of the newborn was found not far from the area, the Portland Police Bureau said.
The mother was taken to receive a mental health assessment, according to a report.
“She and her baby, a girl, were transported to the hospital by ambulance,” police said.
Both Kirby-Glatkowski and his partner are members of their department’s Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team and are trained to handle people in mental health crises, a report noted.
“My partner and I went to try and engage her, contact her, talk to her, see what was going on. We were able, with some additional resources on scene, [to] get her stopped at about 12th and Market and get her into an ambulance and into a hospital for physical assessment and also address other issues,” Kirby-Glatkowski said.
Portland police later thanked residents who helped cover the newborn and called the police.
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“I can’t believe, frankly, that that happened, and I’m glad we have [as] safe of a resolution as possible today,” Kirby-Glatkowski said.
