The 23 year old Dawa Lama tried to discard her infant daughter in a hospital trash can. Read more after the jump.
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Police say a 23-year-old woman has been arrested after her newborn daughter was found in a trashcan at a New York City hospital.
The baby was discovered at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the trashcan of a bathroom at Elmhurst Hospital Center.
Police say Dawa Lama was arrested Wednesday on charges of assault and reckless endangerment. No information on an attorney for Lama was available.
The baby is listed in critical condition.
—Copyright 2011 Associated Press
