Two sites have opened in Edmonton where overwhelmed parents can safely abandon their newborn babies no questions asked.

Small drop-off style doors have been installed on outside walls at the Grey Nuns and Misericordia hospitals.

Babies can be placed in bassinets in the small spaces inside and alarms alert medical staff after the parents have been given time to leave.

Story continues below advertisement

Officials say parents will remain anonymous and not be tracked down, as long as the children are not injured.

It's believed the only other program of its kind in Canada is at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.

That site has received one child since it opened three years ago.