Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
Photo by Leslie Gartrell/The Daily Standard

Beth Keehn, director of government and community affairs at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, opens a newly installed Safe Haven Baby Box. The box is a safety device under state law that legally permits a mother in crisis to safely, securely and anonymously surrender her baby if she is unable to care for her newborn.

Related online story:
LIMA - Embedded within the southwest corner of the Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center's emergency department is a temperature-controlled black box, specifically a Safe Haven Baby Box. [More]
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