More baby hatches should be set up nationwide, says NGO

By Yuen Meikeng

A staff member from the OrphanCare Foundation demonstrating how babies can be placed safely in the organisation’s baby hatch in Petaling Jaya. — ART CHEN/ The Star.

IT isn’t a crime to put a baby in a baby hatch.

“This is because a baby hatch is a secure facility, and the infant’s life will be protected.

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