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Long Beach Hospital Receives Safely Surrendered Newborn
Los Angeles County
Supervisor Don Knabe is happy to announce that a baby girl has been
safely surrendered in the City of Long Beach. The newborn girl was
surrendered at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and is reported to
be in good health.
The surrender occurred on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, however it
is normal for the initial report to take several days to be
confirmed as meeting the legal criteria of the Safe Surrender
Program. As is standard practice, the baby girl is in protective
custody and has already been placed with a family approved for
adoption by the Department of Children and Family Services.
“I could not be more thrilled with this news,” said Supervisor
Knabe. “This little girl has a healthy life ahead of her and she is
truly a testament to the success and importance of the Safe
Surrender Program.”
This is the third Safe Surrender in the City of Long Beach in 2006.
The previous surrenders occurred on February 24 at St. Mary’s
Medical Center and on March 14 at Community Hospital. There have
been a total of 11 Safe Surrenders throughout Los Angeles County in
2006 and 47 Safe Surrenders since the program began. The program was
initiated by Supervisor Knabe and approved unanimously by the Board
of Supervisors in 2001. It allows someone to surrender an infant
that is no more than three days old, as long as the infant shows no
signs of abuse.
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