Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch'' (photo) is set up in Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1 to enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off and will start operating in mid-May. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door.

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