Manila hospital copes with baby boom

A new baby is born in the delivery room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

At the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital in Manila, 65 to 100 babies are born per day. The city itself has a population of about 20 million people which is rising by another quarter of a million every year.

Due to overpopulation, a third of the city dwellers are forced to live on any bit of spare land they can manage to find, including living under bridges, railway lines - even cemeteries.

Mothers and their newborns share space on a bed after giving birth in the maternity ward at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers and their newborns share space on a bed after giving birth in the maternity ward at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines. The hospital averages about 65 to 100 births per day.

A woman holds a cross while dealing with labor pains while waiting for delivery in the labor room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

A mother cries holding her new baby boy in the delivery room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers share a bed in a postnatal room adjacent to the delivery room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Newborn babies get blood tests in the maternity ward at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Newborn babies share a bed moments after they were born in the delivery room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

A woman gets monitored in the labor room before giving birth at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

A mother rests with her newborn hours after giving birth at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

A young woman cries as she waits for her abortion after a miscarriage with her first pregnancy in this photo taken at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers share a bed in a postnatal room adjacent to the delivery room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers breast-feed their babies in a special room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers hold their babies in a postnatal maternity ward at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

A mother is shown her new twins moments after a Caesarean operation (C-section) in the operation room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers breast-feed their babies in a special room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

A mother is in pain while her newborn baby rests on her as she gets surgically sutured after giving birth in the delivery room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

A mother is seen on the operation table next to her new baby moments after a C-section in the operation room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers share a bed in a labor room waiting to deliver their babies at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 19, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers breast-feed their babies in a special room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 20, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers share a bed in a postnatal room adjacent to the delivery room at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 19, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

A new baby is born during a C-section at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Fathers and other family members wait to pay the hospital bill so patients can check out of the hospital at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 19, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Newborn babies get warmth from heat lamps in the maternity ward at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 19, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.

Mothers and their newborns share space on a bed after giving birth in the maternity ward at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital on Aug. 18, 2012, in Manila, Philippines.