A 24-year-old mother is under investigation for allegedly mailing her newborn daughter to an orphanage in Southeast China on Wednesday.

The mother, whose surname is Luo, admitted to wrapping her daughter in a plastic bag. She is currently under custody for suspected child abandonment, according to the local police blog.

The baby is in stable condition at a hospital.

The delivery driver who found the infant was midway through his route in Fuzhou, China’s Jin’an District when he was startled by shrieks from a package, CNN reports.

The local temperature was a scorching 98 degrees that day, and the child was soaked in sweat. While waiting for the police to arrive, nearby residents reportedly tried to hydrate the baby by dabbing wet cotton balls on her mouth. A cellphone video of the incident has gone viral on Chinese social media.

In an interview with CNN, a rep from the Jin’an District Hospital, where the baby was cared for, said: “Police have identified the mother, who said she would take the baby home.”

One user criticized the police’s decision on the Chinese social-media Web site Weibo: “Giving the baby back to the parents — so they can abandon her again?”

Unfortunately, CNN reports, China’s family-planning policies and cultural preference for boys have left girls susceptible to being abandoned.