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Police are investigating the death of a newborn baby boy after an unexpected delivery at a hotel in Macoya.

According to police reports, shortly after 1 pm on August 16, a young woman complained of severe abdominal pain while at the hotel at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya. She went to the bathroom, where she experienced what she described as a sudden "flushing out" of her body. At first, reports said she did not realise that she had delivered a baby.

Security personnel at the hotel discovered the situation and immediately contacted the emergency services. The woman’s mother was also called to the scene. Reports indicate that the ambulance never arrived. Following advice not to disturb the scene, the baby was left in the toilet bowl for over two hours before the mother of the young woman arrived and assisted her to the hospital.