Baripada: A premature baby boy was found abandoned under bridge of the Jarali River near Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College & Hospital in Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district today.

On receiving information about the newborn early in the morning, the sanitation workers deployed at the state-run hospital rushed to the site and rescued the baby. The infant had a minor injury on right cheek and was bleeding a lot. They took the baby boy to the hospital for treatment.

The doctors attending to the newborn said that the baby was born six-month premature and condition was not good.