Mother Wakes to Find One-Month-Old Daughter Unconscious; Rescue Efforts Fail
A one-month-old girl was found unresponsive in a Samut Prakan condominium on August 21 while her mother slept; rescue efforts and hospital treatment proved unsuccessful, and the infant was pronounced dead.
At 4:10 p.m. on August 21, Samut Prakan Hospital's rescue center received an emergency call reporting an approximately one-month-old infant unconscious and not breathing in a condominium in Tepharak Subdistrict, Muang District, Samut Prakan Province. Rescue workers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation and an advanced ambulance team arrived to find the girl unresponsive with blue lips and blood around her mouth and nose. They immediately began CPR, performing chest compressions for over 20 minutes, but were unable to detect a pulse. Medical staff informed the mother that survival chances were extremely slim and asked if she wished to continue resuscitation or stop to prevent suffering. The mother requested continued efforts and hospital transport.
The mother initially reported that she had taken blood pressure medication around 2 p.m. and fell asleep, waking around 4 p.m. to find her daughter lying unusually still and unresponsive. She immediately called the emergency line. She is a single mother caring for two children alone following a separation from the baby's father. The infant, born approximately one month ago, showed no signs of distress before the incident, and the mother was asleep when the emergency occurred, so she has no knowledge of what happened.
Although the child was transported to hospital, doctors confirmed death shortly after arrival. The exact cause of death remains uncertain pending autopsy results and further police investigation.
