Hospital demands payment for baby
by Jess McCabe // 18 March 2006, 11:50
A hospital in Israel has apparently refused to hand over a baby to its mother until she paid her medical bills.
The woman gave birth to triplets at the al-Muqassad hospital in East Jerusalem. Because her husband is Palestinian, the hospital allegedly demanded payment as it feared it would not be able to recover its costs from the Government.

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