BERHAMPUR: In a shocking incident, a newborn died after her mother, a 15-year-old tribal girl, reportedly tried to hide the baby in the toilet pan of Daringibadi Community Health Centre (CHC) in Kandhamal district on Wednesday.
The minor mother, a Plus II second-year student of a higher secondary school in Daringibadi, allegedly committed the act to escape the stigma attached to teenage and unwed motherhood.
Sources said the girl along with her mother arrived at the CHC in the morning. She went to the hospital bathroom meant for men and reportedly gave birth to a baby girl inside. In an attempt to hide the newborn, she placed the baby in the toilet pan and came out.
