The two-week-old girl is in the ICU of the B. L. Kapoor Memorial hospital in the Capital.
The heart fills up with emotion as one watches this baby - so tiny she could fit in your palms - sleep fitfully.
But 'bundle of joy' is one term that the girl's heartless parents refuse to employ for her. She, after all, is the biggest " problem" of their lives.
The two-week- old girl's parents are quite keen to get rid of her, so much so that they are even willing to sell her off to the first person who quotes the right price.
The newborn has been abandoned by her parents and is currently admitted in the intensive care unit ( ICU) of the B. L. Kapoor Memorial hospital in the Capital.
The infant's mother is admitted in the same hospital but has not bothered to see her even once.
The baby's parents - Olive ( name changed), a native of Manipur, and her live- in partner Sagar Dhiman - say they don't want the girl and are ready to sell her off to whosoever wants their " liability". Incidentally, the " cost" of the baby is the money incurred on the caesarean procedure and Olive's hospital stay.
The " weird" situation has puzzled doctors and administration officials of the hospital, where the mother and child are admitted since January 29. The hospital staff has written to Manipur's principal resident commissioner in Delhi, requesting him to intervene. " The 27- year- old patient is from Imphal.
She was admitted to the hospital on January 29. Her baby was born two months premature," Dr Mradul Kaushik, head of medical services at the B. L. Kapoor Memorial hospital, said.
" The girl is unmarried and her family has abandoned her. Her live- in partner has also stopped coming to the hospital. She doesn't want to keep the baby," he added. " We are doing our best to take care of the baby." Olive and Sagar have been in a relationship for the past four years and are residents of Vasant Kunj.
Olive had had an abortion in April 2010, according to her doctors.
In case of this child, she was not aware of her pregnancy for a long time, they added.
After the baby was born, the couple told the hospital staff they were not well off financially and so, were not in a position to raise her.
Doctors said they tried to convince the two to tie the knot - they felt Olive and Sagar were abandoning the baby under pressure from societal norms - and accept the baby, but the couple didn't listen to them.
The hospital then intimated the police but they didn't intervene, saying it was a " social matter". Dr Rajesh Pande, director of the critical care department, said: " Initially, everything was fine. But after the delivery, we came to know that the parents wanted to abandon the baby. The mother said she can sell the baby to anyone who is interested. If not that, she asked if the hospital can keep the girl. It is illegal to abandon a baby like this, or put her up for sale.
" We are yet to discharge the mother. We fell if we do so, she would never come back." Sagar Dhiman's visits to the hospital have decreased but Olive is determined that she will continue the live- in relationship with him.
" I don't want the baby. I will be grateful if the hospital takes care of it or give it to an orphanage. I and my partner are professionally not settled. We don't want to marry each other and want to continue the live- in relationship.
Rearing the baby will be difficult for us. So please help us get rid of this problem," Olive said.
The father was not available for comment.
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