Baby Box
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Baby Surrendered at Newly Installed Baby Box at Montgomery County Fire Station.
Baby Surrendered at Newly Installed Baby Box at Montgomery County Fire Station.
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Baby Box
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Baby Surrendered at Newly Installed Baby Box at Montgomery County Fire Station.
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A baby is safe this evening after being surrendered at a new baby box in Kentucky.
The Montgomery County fire captain says the baby was dropped off at its fire station in Mt.
Sterling yesterday afternoon.
He said the baby boy appeared to be healthy and that he was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated.
This is a real test of the baby box because we were not in the station when the baby was dropped off here.
We were at another station doing training.
We got the notification, the tones dropped and we responded here and there was an actual baby in the box, which was very surprising for all of us.
You know, it's unexpected.
The Safe Haven baby box was installed in Montgomery County just this past April.
There are nearly 40 such baby boxes across Kentucky, with a new one unveiled in Winchester earlier today.
Since 2017, Safe Haven Baby Box says 50 infants have been saved.
Using the program, which allows for anonymous surrender.
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