Official data: 324 children abandoned in maternity wards, other health facilities in first nine months of 2021
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
A total of 324 children were abandoned in maternity wards and other health facilities in the first nine months of 2021, by one more than in the same period of 2020, shows data released on the website of the National Authority for Disabled Persons' Rights, Children and Adoptions (ANDPDCA).Of these, 245 children were left in maternity wards, 72 in pediatric wards, and seven were abandoned in other hospital wards.Also, of 314 children ...