Happy ending to what could have ended in tragedy. The Local Police of Porriño (Pontevedra) rescued last night from Reyes to a newborn with severe signs of hypothermia who was at night and in the middle of the street with his father, who showed obvious signs of drunkenness.
Following the notices of a neighbor, the agents ran into at the edge of 11:00 p.m. on January 5 with a man who, according to the Porriño City Council, barely manages to stay upright with a baby in her arms that she was trying to feed to a bottle. After making the first steps, the Police located the mother of the newborn, just 26 days old. The woman was in a great state of anxiety as she tried to locate her father and her little one since 3:00 p.m. that same day without success.
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One of the agents took her to the place where she found the minor. Right at the moment of the encounter, her baby stopped crying and her skin tone turned cyanotic, like sign of hypothermia that was attributing due to low temperatures of that night in which the mercury dropped below 5 degrees. The little one had to be transferred in the patrol car since the ambulance did not reach the minimum temperature of 24 degrees that was recommended for the baby, given the serious condition that he presented.
Once at the hospital, the baby was treated in the resuscitation box and began to respond to the medication.