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Activists staged a demonstration outside of a major train station to draw attention to the 300 newborns abandoned annually in maternity wards.
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00:00Dozens of toy dolls and cribs in the middle of a busy square, it is a rather unusual sight.
00:08The action by NGO SOS Children's Villages draws attention to the 300 babies abandoned
00:14in hospital maternity wards every year in Hungary.
00:18The NGO fears the infants are deprived of parental bonding, skin-to-skin contact and
00:23breastfeeding, crucial elements for their development.
00:2780% of the infants are not abandoned by their mother, because of their living conditions.
00:33There are bad living conditions, in many cases it is about the mother.
00:38Ideally the baby should be integrated to a family as soon as possible, but adoption is
00:43a long process.
00:45Activists place baby dolls on the shoulders of several statues in Budapest to raise awareness
00:50for the importance of the role of foster families.
00:54However, foster parents are generally poorly paid and therefore remain scarce.

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