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TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese hospital said Thursday it would set up a hatch into which unwanted infants can be anonymously dropped.
The plan comes after a series of cases of parents reportedly abandoning newborns in parks and shopping centers.
The Catholic-run Jikei Hospital in the southern city of Kumamoto, which received local government permission for the service on Thursday, hopes the hatch will reduce cases of abandoned babies and abortions, according to head nurse Yukiko Tajiri.
The move came despite criticism from top government officials that it could spur more parents to abandon their babies. Tajiri said the hospital was simply trying to save lives.
The plan comes after a series of cases of parents reportedly abandoning newborns in parks and shopping centers.
The Catholic-run Jikei Hospital in the southern city of Kumamoto, which received local government permission for the service on Thursday, hopes the hatch will reduce cases of abandoned babies and abortions, according to head nurse Yukiko Tajiri.
The move came despite criticism from top government officials that it could spur more parents to abandon their babies. Tajiri said the hospital was simply trying to save lives.
Japan hospital’s drop box will take unwanted infants
A japanese hospital opened the country's only anonymous drop box for unwanted infants Thursday despite government admonitions against abandoning...
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