A few days old baby was left by his mother in the Cradle for Life of the Milan Polyclinic . The newborn, weighing about 2.6 kilos and in good health, is called Aeneas.

The woman placed a letter next to the little one where she says that "he is super healthy, all the tests done in the hospital are ok", together with words of great affection for the child she cannot look after.

Enea is the third child to be entrusted to the Cradle for Life - a protected and heated environment with integrated alarm - since it was activated in 2007 . He is now being cared for by Neonatology specialists at the Mangiagalli Clinic of the Policlinico, where he is following routine checks.

«It is something that few know - comments Ezio Belleri, general manager of the Milan Polyclinic - but in the hospital you can give birth anonymously, for the safety of mother and child . There are also Cradles for Life: ours is located at the entrance to the Mangiagalli Clinic and allows you to welcome in total safety a child whose parents unfortunately cannot keep them with them . It is a dramatic decision, but the Cradle allows the baby to be entrusted to a structure where immediate care is guaranteed and which preserves absolute anonymity for the parents".

«Similar occasions underline how the Cradle for Life system is fundamental - concludes Fabio Mosca, director of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care at the Milan Polyclinic - because it allows us to welcome the baby and help the mother in her dramatic choice, in all safety. However, I also experience this event as a defeat on a social level, because somehow we weren't able to intercept a mother in great difficulty. Mother who, if she thinks about it, we are ready to welcome and assist».

(Unioneonline/D)