Ammathottil Provides Cradles to 15 Infants This Year

52 children have been adopted through the child welfare council's system this year | T'Puram has consistently recorded highest admissions over past few years

- Varsha Somaraj @ T'Puram

"SHE is active and healthy. We did medical checks and she's fine," says one of the caretakers at the Thiruvananthapuram Ammathottil, speaking of Thumba, a four-day-old baby girl who became the 11th child to be received at the state-run child care centre since January this year.

Weighing 2.8 kilograms, Thumba was admitted on the morning of Thiruvonam day and later taken to the Women and Children Hospital in Thycaud for routine health assessment. She is among the 15 infants received so far in 2025 at Ammathottil facilities in the state. Besides the 11 children received in Thiruvananthapuram, four were received at the Alappuzha centre. Of these, nine are girls and six are boys.