Zimbabwe Hospital Charges Mothers $5 Every Time They Scream During Childbirth (Page 2)

Poor women have been exploited at their most vulnerable time by a hospital that charged them $5 every time they screamed during child birth.
The shocking discovery was made by a U.S. group that campaigns against corruption, as it released its annual Global Corruption Barometer.

At the hospital in Zimbabwe, one of the poorest countries in the world, the fine was said to be for ‘raising a false alarm’, according to Transparency International.
Women who were unable to pay the fine were allegedly kept in the hospital until their families could pay. Interest was also added to the fines, according to the Washington Post

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