Damoh, May 25: A government hospital denied admission to a one-year-old who was found near a railway track with her dead mother trying to breastfeed himself. The child was kept waiting until one of the hospital ward boys Tarun Tiwari came forward to pay the admission fee for the child. The child was later shifted to a children’s home while notice to contact his family was being issued. Also Read - Madhya Pradesh Congress Workers Fry 'Pakoras' in Protest Over Rising Unemployment on PM Modi's 70th Birthday

The one-year-old boy was found clinging to his dead mother trying to breastfeed, unaware of the fact that she was dead, as she lay dead along the railway tracks in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. While the cause of the mother hasn’t been known yet, it has been suspected that she might have fallen off a train or may have been hit by one. The body of the woman was recovered at 6 AM by the residents of the area. Soon after discovering the body of the woman, the residents informed the police as some even shot cell phone videos and posted them on social media. Also Read - 39-Year-Old Man Arrested Under NSA for Selling 'Beef' in Madhya Pradesh's Indore

“She was injured but probably conscious … opened a biscuit packet and gave some to the child. She breastfed her child to ensure he survives,” one officer was quoted as saying. A report by NDTV said that the officials think the woman may have been conscious for some time after being hit and may have tried to breastfeed her son.

Officials, for now, have been trying to search for any family member or relative of the infant. According to the officials, the police have in their attempts at identifying the woman found a purse near her dead body.