Woman with tummy cramps has miscarriage and dumps foetus in hospital
MALACCA: A woman in her 20s went to the Malacca Hospital complaining of a stomach ache but had a miscarriage in the toilet and dumped her five-month-old foetus in a dustbin.
The incident took place around 4pm Tuesday when the woman, a student in a local instituition of higher learning, was brought to the hospital by her family after complaining of stomach cramps.
However, when at the emergency ward, the woman said she needed to use the ladies' room and ended up having a miscarriage while in the toilet.
She is believed to have dumped the foetus in a dustbin outside the ward. However, she later confessed to the act when questioned by doctors examining her who suspected something amiss.
A police report was lodged by the hospital authorities around 7pm, and efforts were underway to locate the foetus at the hospital's main dump site.
State CID chief ACP Mohd Adnan Abdullah said a couple, in their 20s, were arrested the same day for investigations.
The couple is being investigated under Section 318 of the Penal Code for concealing the birth and disposing of a foetus.
The suspects, Mohd Adnan said, have been remanded until Aug 21.
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