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Police Search for Infant Boy Swapped With Baby Girl

by AFP
Loic Venance—AFP

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Couple in Latifabad returned home to find their son had been exchanged with an unidentified baby girl.

Police on Friday were investigating after a couple took their infant son home from a hospital near Karachi only to realize he had been swapped with a baby girl.

Police said the parents had taken their son to the Hilal-i-Ahmer hospital in Latifabad, where he was kept for 36 hours. The couple took the baby home, where several hours later they discovered that it was not their son, but an unidentified baby girl.

“We are investigating the matter and hope to resolve it soon,” said local police official Naik Mohammad Khosa. There was no other complaint of any missing baby at the hospital, he said.

Sons are prized in conservative Pakistani families, and baby boys have been stolen in the past from the maternity sections of public hospitals.

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Jaggy December 12, 2015 - 2:06 am

Asian societies have made a girl, a burden on her parents.
Whereas, boys are seen as assets.
This is a huge shame on our culture.
The culprits should be found.

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