the parents of the 4-month-old baby abandoned on the street have been traced

Who knows if he would have survived long, with the first cold of October, out there. Fortunately it is a thought that immediately fades, an answer that does not need to be given. Because he is fine, and there is nothing else in the world that can worry about that right now. There are those who will take care of it. The parents of the abandoned child at night between Wednesday and Thursday in via Tevere, in Verona. The carabinieri carried out all the necessary controls: the parents are a 30-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman, both from Romania and Italy for more than a year.

According to reports from the weapon, the little one was born last July and, given their precarious economic situation, the two would have received help from an acquaintance. Then it could have been the great destitution and a moment of great despair that pushed them to a decision as tragic as the abandonment of a child.

The baby was called Zeno

The boy was called Zeno, in honor of the city’s patron saint. “We have been in the police for many years but something like this has never happened to us. We are also parents, that is why we are very sensitive to these situations ”, said the agents who told everything from the police station. “Our main concern was to give him immediate affection, warmth and that he was well.”

The four-month-old boy was found in front of a via Tiber, near the intersection of via Chioda in the Golosine district, late Wednesday afternoon, by a Pakistani citizen on his way to work, who warned 113. A Volanti patrol went to the scene and took care of the child until the arrival of the 118 employees, who transferred him to the pediatric intensive care unit of the Borgo Trento hospital, where he remained under precautionary observation: fortunately his health was good.

Investigations by the Flying Brigade began immediately to locate the perpetrators of that desperate gesture, while the Municipality of Verona immediately mobilized to rescue the minor, activating the social services machine.

Many adoption requests for the little ones abandoned in Verona

Already numerous adoption requests They arrive for the 4 month old baby who was found abandoned the other night and now in the hospital for exams. “The good news about the health of the child is important but the great heart of Veronese is equally moving. Like all of us, moved by this episode, they write to us and call us ready to receive the little one”, says the councilor for social services Daniela Maellare.

Now the judicial authority owns the decision, which will have to be made shortly, about the baby’s future ZenoAmong the options, the transfer to the Social Services of the Municipality or the beginning of the adoption path, which however is always quite long. In the first case, the Municipality will place the newborn in a family-type community, where children under the age of eight are received in very small groups.

Everything is ready for the possible reception of the child when he is discharged from the Hospital for Women and Children, since his health has been judged as good. “We are ready to receive the little one if the Court decides to do so – explained the commissioner – The child would be entrusted to the care of a family-like community, a structure managed by us and specifically dedicated to taking in children. little ones”.

These are special communities, where children under the age of eight are welcome in very small groups. “This episode – he added – is quite particular because the abandonment of such an old child is not frequent. It is true that the baby is only four months old, but abandonment usually occurs in the first days of life for different reasons but almost always linked to situations of strong mother discomfort ”.

All of Verona is ready to receive Zeno. Your new life has already begun.

The place where the abandoned baby was found