Kumamoto hospital allowed to set up Japan's first 'baby hatch'

Kumamoto hospital allowed to set up Japan's first 'baby hatch'

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kumamoto Mayor Seishi Koyama speaks at a news conference in Kumamoto on April 5 about the city government's decision to allow Jikei Hospital to set up Japan's first ''baby hatch'' where infants whose parents cannot care for them can be dropped off anonymously.

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