Beijing: A young volleyball player in China delivered a baby in a gymnasium toilet before leaving the new born in some bushes and going back to her tournament.
According to the reports, the teenager went into labour pains while playing a match at the national under-18 women’s volleyball championship in Changxing city.
The player alone delivered the baby in the toilet before placing the baby in the bushes near the gymnasium ‘out of fear’ and then she went inside to continue the match.
The infant was discovered by a passer-by, who followed a trail of blood on the ground to find the mother, the report said.
The newborn and the mother were rushed to hospital for treatment, it added. Both were safe.
