KUALA LUMPUR: A four-month-old baby boy who was found unconscious at his babysitter’s house in Taman Selayang Jaya, Batu Caves here on Wednesday (April 12) was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Selayang Hospital.
Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Zainal Mohamed Mohamed said the infant was rushed to the Selayang Hospital and was declared dead by the medical officers at 11.53am Wednesday.
He said a post-mortem was conducted today and confirmed that the baby’s death was due to congenital heart defects.
He added that investigations also revealed that the baby was unconscious when the 47-year-old babysitter had tried to wake him up at around 11am on Wednesday.
"The babysitter then contacted the baby’s mother to inform her of her baby’s condition,” he said in a statement Thursday (April 13).
He said police have classified the case as sudden death and urged those with further information to contact investigating officer J. Winson Joseph at 016-233 5454 or the Gombak district police headquarters at 03-6126 2222. - Bernama
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