Baby fed on blood
NZPA-AP Yerevan A woman buried by the Armenian earthquake helped keep her three-year-old child alive by feeding it her own blood during the eight days they were entombed, a health official has said.
The woman, aged 30, apparently punctured each of her fingers repeatedly and had the child suck on them as a source of nourishment, said Dr Ophelia Nazaryan, head physician at Children’s Hospital No. 3, in Yerevan.
Trapped in a cellar when the earthquake on December 7 brought down buildings in their home city of Leninakan, the mother and child were rescued on Thursday, Dr Nazaryan said. Doctors said the child was in good condition and that the mother’s health was improving.
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