Yodogawa Christian Hospital in Osaka discontinued efforts to prolong the lives of eight babies between 1999 and 2005 with the consent of the parents when doctors determined the newborns would die within one to two hours.
According to a hospital official, the purpose was to allow the parents to hold their babies so they could die a peaceful death.
The hospital is run by a Presbyterian mission.
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