Naked, wrapped in a blanket. Newborn baby in the Life Window in Łódź

Tonight, the newborn boy was placed in the Window of Life in Łódź. Is healthy. His name was Edward.

The alarm informed the Ursuline sisters at 2:00 am. The sisters immediately ran to the window. There they found a naked boy wrapped in a blanket.

The boy looked healthy, he was not cold – Sister Anna, the superior of the Ursuline Sisters’ house in Łódź, assessed. We dressed him up and baptized him “out of water”, naming him Edward – he says.

The child was then taken to hospital and a police report was drawn up according to the procedure.

This is the third child in the Window of Life at ul. Civic – says Tomasz Kopytowski, spokesman for Caritas of the Archdiocese of Łódź. Earlier, in April and May 2016, two girls ended up here.

Caritas of the Archdiocese of Łódź has established three Windows of Life: in Piotrków Trybunalski, Łódź and Pabianice. In addition to the Windows of Life Caritas in Łódź, there is also the Window of Hope in the Medical Center. L. Rydygiera, at ul. Sterling 13.

Thanks to the windows functioning in our archdiocese, the lives of 11 children were saved – adds Kopytowski.

Four boys were rescued in the Life Window in Piotrków Trybunalski. Two children found their way to the Window of Life in Pabianice. Three children found the Ursuline sisters at the Life Window in Łódź. The next two children were left in the Window of Hope at the II Municipal Hospital. L. Rydygiera, at ul. Sterling 13.

The first “Window of Life” started operating in Germany in 1999. The first in Poland was opened in 2006 in Krakow.

Currently in Poland there are over 60 “Windows of Life” run by Caritas Polska, where – so far – almost 100 children have been left behind.

The “window of life” is a place where a mother can leave her newborn baby anonymously. It opens from the outside and has heating and ventilation installed. When the window is opened by the person leaving the child behind, the alarm goes off, notifying the people who are looking after him.

Then the medical and administrative procedures are launched – the ambulance service and the family court are notified.

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