'Ooyala' comes to the rescue of unwanted babies in Telangana's Karimnagar
The authorities have set up a 'Cradle Baby Reception Centre' at five hospitals with a prominently displayed assurance that no questions would be asked and they would not be identified if they left the baby there. On Saturday, a 15-month-old boy was left in a cradle at the Matha Sishu Hospital also called Mother and Child Health Care Hospital in Karimnagar on Saturday. The boy was later shifted to the Sishu Gruha.
"We are conducting medical tests to check the overall health of the baby," District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) D Parveen told TOI on Monday.
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DCPO Parveen said there was also one more instance three weeks ago of a baby being left in a cradle at another centre. "That baby is also being provided medical care," she said.
On May 12, Karimnagar collector Pamela Satpathy had inaugurated the 'ooyala' (cradle) at MCH. She had appealed to mothers not to abandon unwanted babies, but to place them in the cradle so that they can be later given for legal adoption. The cradles were set up at the MCH, Govt General Hospital at Karimnagar, and govt hospitals at Jammikunta, Huzurabad and Choppadandi.
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Earlier, a three-month-old boy abandoned at a railway platform in Peddapalli district was also brought to the Sishu Vihar in Karimnagar. "We are glad the baby's health is fine. The baby is fit to be given away in adoption through the process decided by the Central Adoption Resource Authority," an official said.
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