Poor mothers detained in a hospital for not being able to pay their bills detained after a charity organization called “Crime Check Foundation” paid their bills
In a post sighted on Facebook, Crime Check Foundation revealed that as part of its charity series, the foundation paid a visit to a government hospital in Accra to pay the bills of some women who have delivered but have been detained at the hospital because of their inability to pay their bills
According to the organization, although the government needs money to run the hospital, the fact is there are a lot of women who can not pay their bills because things are very hard for them.
As part of our Health Check Series, we visited one government hospital in Accra to pay the bills of some women who have delivered but have been detained at the hospital because of their inability to pay their bills. Much as we agree that government needs money to run our hospitals, there are many people who just cannot pay because they cannot pay. It is high time the government softened its stance on poor women who find themselves at the bottom of the poverty bracket, and as such cannot afford health care. The sight of such women being detained is sickening and dehumanizing. Just imagine the joy of motherhood stopped in its tracks by a system that shows no mercy to the poor deliverer. Such women deserve to go home