A Colombian police officer has been praised for saving the life of an abandoned newborn baby by breastfeeding her.
Officer Luisa Fernanda Urrea was called to a remote forest settlement where the baby was found in the undergrowth with the umbilical cord still attached.
The baby girl was starving and at risk of hypothermia, so Ms Urrea wasted no time feeding her from her own breast while waiting for medical assistance.
Ms Urrea told local media: “I’m a new mother and I have milk, and I recognised the needs that this poor little creature had.
“I think any woman would have given her nourishment in the same circumstances.”
The infant was found by Edinora Jimenez, 59, who was picking oranges when she heard sounds of crying.
Colombia police officer Luisa Fernanda Urrea breastfeeds abandoned newborn baby and saves her life
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