Facility for abandoned new-born babies at SRN hospital
The ‘Ashray Palna Facility’ will be equipped with motion sensors. It will raise an alarm in the labour room two minutes after a new-born is left in the cradle. In these two minutes, the person who abandoned the baby may leave the place safely and remain anonymous
PRAYAGRAJ: A shelter for abandoned new-born babies was inaugurated by chief guest MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi, MP Kesri Devi Patel and special guest RSS office-bearer Munish on Wednesday. The facility is near the department of gynaecology and obstetrics of MLN Medical College’s Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital. This state-of-the-art facility has been set up for babies abandoned in garbage heaps, on temple stairs, in orphanages and even hospitals for some reason.
The guests appreciated the efforts for the noble work by Maa Bhagwati Vikas Sansthan, a Rajasthan-based organisation, which has been entrusted with the responsibility by the state government to develop shelter places in hospitals affiliated to different medical colleges of the state.
Yoga Guru at Maheshashram Ma Bhagwati Vikas Sansthan Devendra Agarwal said 75 such shelters for abandoned new-borns had been developed across the country and now preparations were being made to make such facilities at all medical colleges of Uttar Pradesh.
The ‘Ashray Palna Facility’ will be equipped with motion sensors. It will raise an alarm in the labour room two minutes after a new-born is left in the cradle. In these two minutes, the person who abandoned the baby may leave the place safely and remain anonymous. Meanwhile, the medical staff will immediately take the child into custody and start taking care of it. Once it is healthy enough, it will be shifted to the nearest state child shelter.
A state-of-the-art shelter for abandoned newborn babies has been opened at Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Prayagraj, India. The facility, called Ashray Palna, is equipped with motion sensors which raise an alarm within two minutes of a baby being left in the cradle. The person who abandoned the baby can then leave safely and anonymously, while medical staff take the child into custody and care for it. Once healthy, the baby will be transferred to the nearest state child shelter. The shelter has been developed by Maa Bhagwati Vikas Sansthan, an organisation tasked by the state of Rajasthan with developing shelter places in hospitals affiliated to different medical colleges across the country.