People around the world are clamoring to adopt baby Aya, born in the rubble of the Turkey-Syria quake | Business Insider

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People on Twitter are clamoring to adopt a Syrian baby orphaned in the Turkey-Syria earthquake, who made headlines this week after she was born in the rubble of her collapsed home.

"I want to adopt this child. I'd give her a loving home. She'll have two sets of grand parents and cousins of all ages. My family would be complete,""I am too far away but I would adopt this baby and ensure a happy and peaceful life,"Dozens of people are contacting Aya's doctor, offering to adopt her

When Aya was found, she was still attached to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, by her umbilical cord, per the AP. She is currently in a hospital in the nearby city of Afrin and is being cared for by hospital manager Khalid Attiah and his wife, per theShe is being breastfed by Attiah's wife, who has a four-month-old baby of her own, per the BBC. Attiah told the media outlet that he has received dozens of calls from around the world from people offering to adopt Aya.

"Had the girl been left for an hour more, she would have died," Maarouf said to the AP. He added that the baby is in a stable condition now. Aya's great-uncle, Salah al-Badran, told the AP he will take her in once she is discharged from the hospital. The death toll in the quake, which hit northern Syria and southeastern Turkey, has exceeded 20,000, the AP reported."Every minute, every hour that passes, the chances of finding survivors alive diminishes," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's director-general,

 

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