Newborn rescued after sudden birth outside Pattaya mall
CHONBURI — 19 September 2026, A 41-year-old woman gave birth unexpectedly outside a shopping mall in Pattaya, prompting motorcycle taxi riders and passersby to rush to the newborn’s aid before rescuers located the mother inside the mall. At around 11:00, the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Pattaya Rescue Foundation received a report of a newborn found outside […] The post Newborn rescued after…
Chonburi — On September 19, 2026, a newborn girl was unexpectedly born outside Central Beach Festival Pattaya shopping mall in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi. Rescue workers, medical personnel, and Pattaya City Police responded to the scene at around 11:00. The baby, an unclothed girl still attached to the umbilical cord, was found near a fence surrounding a dinosaur exhibition.
She had blood around her. The newborn initially did not cry but started crying loudly when rescued. Nearby motorcycle taxi riders wrapped the baby and held her while contacting rescue workers. The mother, identified as Atitaya, 41 from Bangkok, was not found at the scene initially. Rescue teams and mall security searched for her and later discovered her in a restroom on the mall's ground floor.
The 41-year-old mother, from Bangkok, was extremely weak and exhausted. She was transported to Pattaya Hospital for treatment. The newborn weighed approximately 1.6 kilograms. Atitaya was seven to eight months pregnant and experienced severe abdominal pain before going into labor. Both the mother and child are undergoing close medical supervision.
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