Baby girl is found in her father's bed with a NEEDLE sticking out of her leg and is revived with anti-overdose drug
- Steven Welsh, 35, of Philadelphia, has been charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault and reckless endangerment
- Police say his nine-month-old daughter was found unresponsive in his bed, with a hypodermic needle in her leg
- Paramedics revived the baby by administering a dose of opioid reversal drug Narcan
A nine-month-old baby girl had to be treated with an anti-overdose drug after she was discovered in her father’s bed with a hypodermic needle sticking out of her leg.
The child was transported to a hospital at around 6.30pm Wednesday after being found unresponsive by police inside a home In the 200 block of Green Lane in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia.
The girl's father, 35-year-old Steven Welsh, allegedly told police his daughter was in bed with him when she rolled over onto the needle, which punctured her leg.
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Police responded to this home in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia and found a nine-month-old girl with a hypodermic needle sticking out of her leg
Steven Welsh allegedly told police his daughter was in bed with him when she rolled over onto the needle
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Paramedics who responded to the home administered a dose of the opioid-reversal drag Narcan, which revived the little girl.
She was listed in a stable condition at Chestnut Hill Hospital on Thursday.
Welsh was later arrested by officers with the Special Victims Unit on charges of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault and reckless endangerment, reported Fox 29.
Police Chief Inspector Scott Small says says the Department of Human Services has been notified of the incident.
The baby was revived with Narcan and taken to Chestnut Hill Hospital
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