11-month-old baby hospitalized in critical condition, parents arrested
Paramedics who came to the scene on Sunday night gave the baby medical treatment and evacuated her when she was already unconscious.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERIMEN EXIT the emergency room at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba.(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
An 11-month-old baby was hospitalized on Sunday in Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon in serious condition. She was anesthetized and hooked up to a mechanical ventilator, and later moved to Soroka hospital, where her condition became critical.Paramedics who came to the scene on Sunday night gave the baby medical treatment and evacuated her when she was already unconscious.Police are currently investigating the reasons for the baby's state. Suspicion arose that she had suffered from head trauma, which is when the police arrested and began investigating her 22-year-old mother and mother's boyfriend.The mother is under suspicion of neglecting the baby, while her partner, an illegal Palestinian immigrant, is suspected of severely injuring the baby.The partners will be taken into court on Tuesday to have their sentence lengthened for prolonged investigations at the Magistrate Court in Ashkelon.