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| Baby abandoned on house doorstep | Baby abandoned on house doorstep |
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| A newborn baby boy, with his umbilical cord cut and clamped, has been found outside a house in the West Midlands. | |
| The house owner, in Tile Cross, Birmingham, called an ambulance after hearing the baby crying. | |
| Paramedics said if it had happened later the owner would have been out and the baby exposed to the cold for hours. | Paramedics said if it had happened later the owner would have been out and the baby exposed to the cold for hours. |
| The child was found lying on a concrete step and was cold but otherwise healthy. The baby has been taken to Heartlands Hospital in east Birmingham. | The child was found lying on a concrete step and was cold but otherwise healthy. The baby has been taken to Heartlands Hospital in east Birmingham. |
| I opened the front door and saw this little baby, he only looked a few hours old Robert Coughlan | I opened the front door and saw this little baby, he only looked a few hours old Robert Coughlan |
| The man who found the baby, Robert Coughlan, 23, said he had been in the bath when he heard crying. | The man who found the baby, Robert Coughlan, 23, said he had been in the bath when he heard crying. |
| "I thought it was the television. But then I heard it again. | "I thought it was the television. But then I heard it again. |
| "I opened the front door and saw this little baby, he only looked a few hours old." | "I opened the front door and saw this little baby, he only looked a few hours old." |
| He told BBC News there was no knock on the door and there was no-one in the street. | He told BBC News there was no knock on the door and there was no-one in the street. |
| "I don't know why they chose my house. I am the first one in the row so that may be it," he added. | "I don't know why they chose my house. I am the first one in the row so that may be it," he added. |
| While waiting for the emergency services he even changed the boy's nappy. | While waiting for the emergency services he even changed the boy's nappy. |
| "I put him down on the floor so he was nice and warm and I put the fire on. | "I put him down on the floor so he was nice and warm and I put the fire on. |
| "He was smelling a bit so I changed his nappy. I had one lying around the house from when my nephew and niece are here." | "He was smelling a bit so I changed his nappy. I had one lying around the house from when my nephew and niece are here." |
| 'Very alert' | 'Very alert' |
| An ambulance service spokeswoman said the fact the baby's cord had been clamped appears to show he was born with proper medical supervision. | An ambulance service spokeswoman said the fact the baby's cord had been clamped appears to show he was born with proper medical supervision. |
| The ambulance service was called to the house, in Rycroft Grove, shortly before 1100 BST on Monday. | The ambulance service was called to the house, in Rycroft Grove, shortly before 1100 BST on Monday. |
| "The baby boy was very cold having been lying on a concrete step, but he was very alert," emergency medical technician Steve Howard said. | "The baby boy was very cold having been lying on a concrete step, but he was very alert," emergency medical technician Steve Howard said. |
| The baby boy, thought to be hours old, had been left wearing an all-in-one babygrow. | The baby boy, thought to be hours old, had been left wearing an all-in-one babygrow. |
| Heartlands Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Dunn said: "The baby is doing well and is under the expert care of hospital staff." | Heartlands Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Dunn said: "The baby is doing well and is under the expert care of hospital staff." |