This happens everyday, to a countless number of women, in hospitals all over the world. Sounds like Greece would benefit from increasing access to a more cost effective solution like home births and midwifery care, instead of kidnapping babies. Also $1,500 for a C-Section? "One hospital in Athens reportedly threatened to refuse a mother the right to her own newborn child until she was able to pay the cost of her Caesarean section. According to the BBC, the bill came to 1,200 euros, or $1,500 in American currency. Doctor Katerina Stypsanelli, who works for a sister hospital, told the network that while the hospitals would have simply forgiven such debts in the past, they are now forced to make such demands of even their poorest of patients. “It is not the hospital’s fault,” Stypsanelli, who also works with Women Against the Debt, told the BBC. “It is the government’s policy and budget tightening which is forcing their hand.”"
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:10:45 +0000
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