Premature baby buried alive in India now thriving

Dr Ravi Khanna and the baby girl he helped save.
Dr Ravi Khanna and the baby girl he helped save. Photo credit: BBC

A newborn baby who was buried alive in a pot shortly after she was born has fully recovered according to the doctor who treated her. 

The unnamed baby, who was born prematurely at around 30 weeks, was found by a villager in October in northern India. 

She was rushed to hospital in critical condition suffering from septicaemia and dangerously low platelet, the BBC reported. 

Her doctor, Ravi Khanna told the BBC she has now gained weight and her platelets are normal. 

She is being cared for child welfare in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. 

The villager who found her was burying his own daughter, who was stillborn. When he was digging a shallow grave his spade hit the pot the baby was buried in and he retrieved her the BBC reported. 

Dr Khanna runs a paediatric hospital where the baby was transferred after a few days. 

"On Tuesday, when we handed her over to the district hospital authorities, she weighed 2.57kg [5.66lb]. She's accepting bottle feed and she is now totally healthy," Dr Khanna told the BBC. 

It is unknown how long she was buried for but the BBC reported it could only have been for a few hours. 

Despite the story being well publicised in India, her parents have not come forward and she will be put up for adoption.