Young mothers and their newborns are being left stranded in hospitals by mounting maternity bills and gaps in SHA coverage, raising concerns over access to maternal and neonatal care.
A paediatrician weighs a newborn baby on a digital scale in a maternity ward. [iStockphoto]
They yearn to leave the hospital and join their loved ones in celebrating the arrival of their newborns.
Instead, they remain confined to the wards, unable to leave because they cannot settle their accumulated maternity and newborn care bills.
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