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Baby found by security guard pronounced dead
Healthcare Security Weekly, March 3, 2008
Denver police are investigating the death of a baby girl found by a security guard in a basket outside the Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center on February 26.
The infant was left in a basket in front of an emergency call box with the word "Help" on it. Someone pressed the button on the call box around 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, but no voice was heard, police said. A security guard went out to check and took the baby back inside the hospital where medical staff pronounced her dead a short time later, reported Rocky Mountain News.
It was not known whether the baby was alive when she was left at the hospital. Colorado has a "Safe Haven" law that allows a parent to relinquish control of a newborn baby at a fire station or hospital within 72 hours of birth without fear of criminal prosecution. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
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