Baby hatches, also known as "Windows of Life," are heated boxes in the walls of hospitals or religious buildings where mothers can safely leave unwanted babies, according to officials.
‘We baptised him and christened him Tadeusz’
The news of the baby's discovery was shared by Tomasz Kopytowski, director of the Catholic charity Caritas in the Łódź Archdiocese, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Kopytowski said the nuns immediately called authorities after they found the baby in the building of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Ursula in Łódź on Monday evening.
He added: “While the ambulance was on the way, the boy was fed and dressed in new clothes. The medics assessed his condition as good and took the boy to hospital. As per standard procedure, the discovery of the baby was recorded by the police.”
Anna Reczko, Mother Superior of the Order of Saint Ursula in Łódź, told the PAP news agency that "the alarm bell at the baby hatch rang at 9:15 p.m." on Monday.
“The boy had a piece of paper with his date of birth, so we knew he was a week old," she said. "We baptised him and christened him Tadeusz.”
Sixteen babies found abandoned in Łódź region
Tadeusz is the sixth unwanted child, and the fourth baby boy, found by the Łódź nuns in their "Window of Life," Kopytowski said.
Overall, there are four baby hatches across the Łódź region, and they have so far saved the lives of 16 children, he added.
Eight babies have been found abandoned in Łódź, five in Piotrków Trybunalski and three in Pabianice, the PAP news agency reported.
(pm/gs)
Source: PAP, polsatnews.pl