According to the BBC, the Afrin Health Directorate conducted the action out of an abundance of caution to prevent the theft and adoption fraud of a young girl named Aya.
On Monday, a violent event occurred at the hospital where she was being treated in the zone controlled by the opposition.
The manager was allegedly assaulted by a male nurse and two armed men.
Dr. Ahmad Hajj Hassan, chief of the health directorate, refuted online rumors that an attempt had been made to abduct Aya.
“Miscommunication led to the kidnapping accusations. This was a problem within the hospital that had nothing to do with the infant “The BBC, informed them.
Following widespread coverage of her story by local and international media last week, thousands of people expressed interest in adopting the baby.
According to the source, however, the health directorate intends to put her needs first and proceed slowly with the adoption procedure.
Almost immediately after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on February 6, Aya’s mother went into labor.
The rescuers discovered her dead after she had given birth to Aya, who was still attached to her through the umbilical cord.
Social media users witnessed the dramatic rescue of a baby girl from the rubble and saw the father holding the child, who was covered in dust.
Unfortunately, the accident also claimed the lives of Aya’s father, four siblings, and an aunt.
The baby was taken to the Afrin hospital by Khalil al-Suwadi, a distant relative who was present when she was rescued.
Dr. Hani Marouf, the pediatrician caring for Aya, said last Thursday on the BBC that she had come in a “poor situation.” He said, “She was chilly and barely breathing; she had bumps and bruises.”
The following day, her condition improved after she had reacted to treatment.
Khalid Attiah, the hospital’s manager, stated that his wife cared for Aya until she was adopted while breastfeeding their four-month-old baby.
Jindaryis, located around 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the Turkish border, was one of the hardest devastated towns in Syria. About 200 of the buildings there have been destroyed entirely.
According to the White Helmets, whose volunteer first responders have been spearheading the search and rescue effort, five hundred and seventeen dead have been recovered from the rubble in opposition-held regions.
Ninety percent of the region’s 4.6 million people needed humanitarian aid before the tragedy, therefore these deaths account for about a quarter of the total documented by the White Helmets and opposition authorities across the region.