BABY HATCH

Today, I would like to talk about "BABY HATCH".
Have you heard of baby hatch?
It is a facility that enables to keep abandoned baby safe and get appropriate medical care, when parents of babies abandoned their babies in the baby hatch.

Recently in Japan, Jikei hospital in Kumamoto prefecture, stsrted to put this facility in there hospital.
Whoever goes to there with there babies in their hands can open a door of baby hatch and put baby there, and whenever people do that, bell makes noise and tell doctors and nurses that the baby has been put, and they immediately go to the hatch and gives baby enough medical care if needed.

Some of you may think that it is a good idea, and others may not, and as you think, there is a big controversy about the issue.

Here is an article written by a person who is against baby hatch,

This person is saying that he now works with people who were abandoned by parents and they have overcame that sad and shocking experience, so she has given a example that says even if there was no baby hatch, they could still live and overcame.

He also says that there was a first child who were taken to Jikei hospital and he was tree years old.
He gave a factual information, and says that even if there is the facility in Jikei hospital, parents still abandon their children wherever they want.


Here is an article written by a person who is agree with baby hatch,

This person talks about an event, that had happened few years ago in Japan, the event that junior high school students abandoned their child, and the baby died.
He gives us factual information, and also because it is a sad event for many people, it could appeal our emotion as well.


I THINK....
Personally, I think it is a very good facility.

I know that some people think that this facility could lead the increasing number of people who abandon their children.

However, I know that when Jikei hospital started to put this facility, they have said that "Even if we have this facility, we are not suggesting you to abandon your children easily. We just want to save as much life as possible."

I think if parents really love their child, but they have no other choice but to abandon their child, because of money problem or other inevitable problems, then they can use the baby hatch.
It is safe, and I think it is much better than just on the street.

If parents kill their children because they can not bring their children or, they do not want, I think baby hatch is a very good facility to have.
May be it could lead children to better future.