Seventh_Day_Adventists

Seventh Day Adventists Summary on “Germany: Adventist Hospital a Refuge for Abandoned Babies” 03/20/03 http://www.adventist.org/ I chose this article because the title of the article captivated me. The article had little to do with the Adventist religion itself, but rather the community aide and support it provides for others. The Seventh-day Adventist Hospital in Berlin, Krankenhaus Waldfriede, Germany has started a program where mothers can bring their newborn babies to the hospital and abandon them there. It began as an action to try to prevent and to stop the rates of abandoned children from rising. The program started about three years ago and is called the “Baby Cradle”. The actual “Baby Cradle” is a small door on the outside wall of the hospital. This is the door where mothers can open and place their baby inside. Confidentiality is assured and the mother has enough time to leave the area without being seen. Then the process begins of what to do with the baby. Once the baby is inside the “cradle,” a signal goes to the front gate. The front gate staff then makes a telephone call to inform the nurses in the baby ward that adventist, baby, hospital, mother, babies, article, cradle, adventists, about, through, staff, place, life, good, germany, feel, door, come, because, abandoned, without, whatever, ward, time, take, started, seventh-day, religion, provides, programs, program, others, next, newborn, mothers