Monica Kelsey, the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, said hospital staff responded within one minute to an alarm indicating a baby was in the box.
Police are investigating after the body of a baby girl was found at a southeastern Idaho hospital in a ' safe haven ' box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, officials said Monday.Police officers in Blackfoot, Idaho , about 250 miles east of Boise, responded on Oct. 13 to a report of a deceased infant left in the Safe Haven Baby Box at Grove Creek Medical Center, CBS affiliate KBOI-TV reported.
Grove Creek Medical Center officials said in a social media post Monday that staff members 'gave their all in a heartbreaking situation.'Kelsey, who herself was abandoned after birth in 1973, launched Safe Haven Baby Boxes in Indiana in 2016. The boxes equipped at fire departments and hospitals are meant to provide a safe and anonymous way to surrender a newborn.The medical-grade boxes are installed in the exterior wall of the building.
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