Kumamoto – In a nationwide first, a hospital in Kumamoto said Friday that it plans to submit a birth notification of a baby who was born under a confidentiality agreement in December without including the mother’s name.
The mother, who is under 20 years old, gave birth to the baby at Jikei Hospital but declined to publicly disclose her identity.
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