PETALING JAYA: All government hospitals may soon be able to function as “hatches” for unwanted babies once a standard operating procedure is put in place.
Women, Family and Community Development Ministry deputy secretary-general Harjeet Singh said that discussions were being held with the Health Ministry to introduce an SOP so that all government hospitals could have a mechanism to receive the babies.
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