A Greek hospital has threatened a new mother that it would keep the infant till the mother cleared the dues racked up during child delivery.
The case comes as no surprise in austerity-stricken Greece as the hospital asks that the payment of 1,200 euros (£970) be made in full before the baby is discharged.
Hospital denies the claim, but campaigners say it is merely the latest in a spate of cases,report says.
The woman, named only as Anna, told newsmen ‘The hospital asked us for a lot of money and the man at the administration office told us we had to pay the whole amount or they would not let the baby leave the hospital with me.
‘Who wouldn’t be scared by that? You have just given birth and they want to keep hold of your baby if you can’t afford to pay? Don’t these people have children of their own?’
After the woman was threatened, she went to a campaign group for help. Women Against the Debt campaigns against government-imposed austerity measures affecting women. The head of the gorup called the head of the hospital who allowed her to take her baby home.
However, the hospital insisted that she pay her bills, albeit in instalments.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate
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