Doctors take away baby from mother

I found this story to be quite disturbing. A woman had her newborn child taken away from her, because she couldn’t afford to pay the hospital for her caesarean.

Vinod Kumar Menon in Mid-Day reports:

A young mother allegedly had her baby taken away by doctors at a nursing home because she could not afford to pay for her caesarean.

On June 14, Reshma Rege (22), a resident of Khar, delivered a baby boy at the Shakuntal-Chitra Nursing Home in Khernagar, Bandra (E).

“On June 22, the doctor couple, who attended to me, made me sign some papers, and handed my son to some unknown couple,� said Reshma, who is separated from her husband.

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