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TOO EXPENSIVE TO KEEP BABY ALIVE IN SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPITAL

Wednesday September 9, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips TOO EXPENSIVE TO KEEP BABY ALIVE IN SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPITAL PRETORIA, Sept 9 (LSN) – Yesterday Africa News Online reported on the plight of Leonardo Celliers a premature baby in South Africa whose parents were told their tiny son was to be taken off a ventilator since they could not afford the $800 per day for the continued care of the child at a private clinic. South African hospitals have refused to finance the child’s life support since his birth weight of 1.5 pounds falls under the hospitals’ minimum […]

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Wednesday September 9, 1998

TOO EXPENSIVE TO KEEP BABY ALIVE IN SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPITAL

PRETORIA, Sept 9 (LSN) – Yesterday Africa News Online reported on the plight of Leonardo Celliers a premature baby in South Africa whose parents were told their tiny son was to be taken off a ventilator since they could not afford the $800 per day for the continued care of the child at a private clinic. South African hospitals have refused to finance the child’s life support since his birth weight of 1.5 pounds falls under the hospitals’ minimum weight requirement of 2.2 pounds. A hospital administrator for Pretoria Academic Hospital also argued that even if the child survived, some brain damage could be expected. The parents are appealing to the public for help.

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