KOCHI: The state government will adopt the 23-day-old baby girl who was abandoned by her parents from Jharkhand at a private hospital in the city the other day.
The women and child development (WCD) department will take urgent action to protect the child, who was abandoned at the neonatal intensive care unit of a private hospital.
A directive has been issued to the department director in this regard, Health Minister Veena George said on Friday.