「内密出産」の子、里親委託へ　慈恵病院、初事例で―熊本

　熊本市の慈恵病院が独自に導入した「内密出産」で昨年１２月に生まれた１例目の子どもについて、同病院は５日、熊本市から里親委託の見通しが立ったと連絡があったことを明らかにした。子どもは現在、乳児院に預けられており、今後、特別養子縁組に向けた手続きが進められる。
　記者会見した蓮田健院長らによると、熊本市の担当者から４日、「家庭と同様の環境で育てられる見通しが立った」と連絡があった。蓮田院長は「法整備を伴わずに始まり、なかなか先へ進めなかった。次に続く子どものためにもスムーズに進んでほしい」と述べた。
　同病院は自宅などでの孤立出産を防ぐため、２０１９年１２月、病院にのみ身元を明かして子どもを産む内密出産の導入を表明。昨年１２月に１０代女性が利用して出産した。（2022/07/05-17:20）

A child born in the first case of so-called confidential birth in Japan will be entrusted to foster parents, a hospital in Kumamoto Prefecture where the birth took place said Tuesday.
   Jikei Hospital in the city of Kumamoto said it received notification of the adoption plan from the municipal government on Monday. A municipal official told the hospital side that the child is expected to be raised in an environment equivalent to that of a home, according to the hospital.
   The child born under the hospital's own confidential birth system in December is currently at a nursery. The system "started without legal background and didn't work out well for a while," Takeshi Hasuda, director of the hospital, said at a press conference.
   He voiced hope that the adoption will be carried out smoothly for the interests of children to be born under the system in the future as well.
   In December 2019, Jikei Hospital announced the introduction of the confidential birth system, in which expectant mothers disclose their identities only to the hospital, to help dissuade women from giving birth alone at home or other places.