The South East Regional Health Authority, SERHA is refuting claims that a baby was thrown from a building at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston.

The statement from SERHA follows the discovery of a babys body on the grounds of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital this morning.Earlier reports had suggested the baby was thrown from a building.

Chairman of the SERHA board Lyttleton Shirley says the baby is believed to be no more than three days old.

SERHA board chairman Littleton Shirley says the babys body was found on the grounds of the hospital approximately 5:00 this morning during a routine patrol of the compound by the police.

Mr. Shirley says a thorough check of the hospitals records revealed that the baby was not a patient and that no baby is missing.

The SERHA board chairman says the authority is traumatized and shocked by this gruesome act.

He is assuring the public that babies under the care of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital are highly protected and cared for.

Mr. Shirley adds that he also wants to make it profoundly clear that the baby was not thrown from any hospital building.

This as a full audit of the hospital and its patients revealed that the maternal patients have accounted for all their babies.

He says an audit was also conducted in the morgue and all the bodies are accounted for.

Mr. Shirley also notes that an examination of the body by medical personnel revealed that there was no *la*hd or body fluids present at the site where the mutilated body was found.

He says this suggests that the body could have been transported to the compound.

Mr. Shirley further states that the hospital staff has begun an audit of all mothers discharged from the hospital within the last 48 hours to assist the police with their investigations into the matter.