9-month-old girl abandoned by mother in Ranchi; airlifted to Delhi hospital in critical condition

A nine-month-old girl, who was allegedly thrown into a well by her mother in Ranchi, was rescued and airlifted to a hospital in Delhi on Monday, where she is battling for her life, officials said.

The condition of the infant is "critical" and she has been "kept on a ventilator" in a pediatric ICU at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) here, they said.

"The baby was flown from Ranchi to Delhi, and then taken to the SGRH through a green corridor in a critical condition," a senior official of the hospital said.

According to the Delhi Traffic Police, to save her life, a 12-km green corridor was created from Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 1-D to the hospital, "covering a distance of 12 kilometres in 13 minutes".

"The girl was immediately transferred into an ambulance. The convoy started at 5.10 pm and reached Sir Ganga Ram Hospital at 5.23 pm in 13 minutes which would have otherwise taken around 45 minutes during peak hours," a senior police official said.

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