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A newborn is clinging to life after the baby's mother dumped the child in a bathroom trashcan at the Queens hospital where she gave birth, police sources said.
The woman - believed to be in her 20s - gave birth to the child inside Elmhurst Hospital before she brought the baby to the emergency room bathroom and put it in a trash bin about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the sources said.
The mother walked out of the hospital in an unknown direction. Cops are still looking for her.
The newborn girl dumped in a trash can at a Queens hospital last week died Wednesday and her mother could face murder charges, prosecutors said.
The child had been on life support since May 10, when Queens prosecutors say Dawa Lama abandoned the full-term infant in an emergency room trash can at Elmhurst Hospital.
Lama, who didn't tell anyone she was pregnant, was found sleeping inside her 65th St. home in Woodside just two hours after she dumped the baby.
"I was in the hospital today when the baby died," said Lama's boyfriend, Bishnu Gurung, who was the father of the baby girl.
"Everybody was just crying," said Gurung, 28, who didn't know Lama was pregnant. "Now we're in the temple, praying and grieving."
Lama, 23, has been charged with assault.
A grand jury will consider upgrading the charge to murder, said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Brown said Lama would not have been charged with a crime if she had turned the child over to hospital workers.
Under New York State law, mothers can leave a baby within five days of its birth at any city hospital or fire house with no questions asked.
Lama told cops she feared her mother would discover her pregnancy.
