02/03/2015

Police Search For Pregnant Teenager

Police are searching for a heavily pregnant teenager after she went missing from a hospital in Manchester.

Alisha Khan, 19, who is 36 weeks pregnant, was taken to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, after she fainted while out shopping.

She left the hospital, without receiving any treatment, at around 12.20am on Saturday.

Khan is described as mixed race with a slim build and brown eyes.

Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them on 101.

(CD/JP)

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