A police officer in Argentina has been praised for breastfeeding a neglected baby.
The baby was suffering from malnutrition when he was brought into Sister Maria Ludovica Children’s Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where police officer, Celeste Ayala, was on guard duty.
Local media report the baby boy was the youngest of six siblings, and the mother was struggling to cope. He was apparently described by hospital staff as being ‘smelly and dirty’.
Celeste realised the hospital staff were overloaded with work and unable to give the crying baby a lot of attention, so the kind hearted woman stepped in and asked if she could hold and breastfeed him.
The neglected child calmed down as soon as Celeste started feeding him.
The police officer spoke to local media about her actions, saying:
I noticed that he was hungry, as he was putting his hand into his mouth, so I asked to hug him and breastfeed him.It was a sad moment, it broke my soul seeing him like this, society should be sensitive to the issues affecting children, it cannot keep happening.
Celeste’s colleague, Marcos Heredia, took a picture of her with the baby and posted it on social media. It’s since been shared over 100,000 times.
He wrote [translated]:
I want to make public this great gesture of love you made today for this little baby who you did not know, but for who you did not hesitate to act like a mother.You did not care if he was dirty or smelly, which is what the hospital staff called him. Good job mate.
The local fire department, who Celeste volunteers for in her spare time, also praised the nurturing woman.
They said [translated]:
We want to congratulate the voluntary firefighting cadet Celeste Ayala who yesterday in her job as police officer whilst she was on guard duty at the Hospital, breastfed a young child who arrived crying.Actions like these fill us with pride and obligate us to redouble the effort, the work and the solidarity with our community.
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