In pictures: Inside Manila's 'baby factory'
At the Phillipines' busiest maternity ward, women and their newborns sleep two to a bed and expectant mothers line the street outside
Outside the Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, Philippines. The hospital, which cannot turn anyone away, handles about 80 deliveries per day during peak baby-delivery season. Women and their newborns sleep two to a bed and expectant mothers line the street outside. The hospital is considered a “baby factory”; 20 percent of all babies in Metro Manila are born here. It has more daily live births than any other hospital in the Philippines.Jes Aznar/The New York Times
Hospital staff talk to mothers about family planning at the Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.Jes Aznar/The New York Times
A mother holds her newborn child while another lies in bed with hers.Jes Aznar/The New York Times
Mothers and their babies share beds at the Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.Jes Aznar/The New York Times
Mothers and their babies on a bed at the Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.Jes Aznar/The New York Times
A mother holds her newborn child.Jes Aznar/The New York Times
A mother holding her newborn reads a hospital handout on patient responsibility.Jes Aznar/The New York Times