The baby hatch was established to save lives. I saw a press conference on TV in which the head of the clinic expressed his dismay at the child not being brought to the hospital earlier, when something might have been done for it.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/04/national/crime-legal/dead-newborn-left-in-kumamoto-baby-hatch-mom-arrested/#.VDHdFb6yu0w