VietNamNet Bridge – A hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 4 reported that a 15-year-old mother left her newborn baby at the hospital and did not pay hospital fees of $500 yet.

On August 29, Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital in Can Tho City received a pregnant woman named Diem, who was born in 1997, from Xuan Hoa commune, Ke Sach district of the southern province of Soc Trang. The young woman was 35 weeks pregnant and she suffered from puerperal eclampsia. There were many scratches on her arms.

To save the baby, doctors performed a cesarean surgery. The baby was a boy, 2.7kg. The baby was brought to the Children’s Hospital in Can Tho city for intensive care while the mother stayed at the Hoan My Cuu Long hospital.

According to Hoan My Cuu Long hospital, if Diem could not pay hospital fees, her family could sign a guarantee to pay the fees later or asked for fee reduction or exemption.

Doctors also said the young mother is only 15 and she had a cesarean so she needed to stay in the hospital for further treatment.

Meanwhile, Diem’s father, Nguyen Van Hieu, accused Diem’s stepfather, Truong Minh T, 35, in Phung Hiep district of Hau Giang province, to raping his daughter and made her pregnant.

According to Hieu, Diem is his second daughter with his ex-wife Tran Thi Kieu. They divorced in 2002 and Diem lived with her mother and her stepfather.

Local police are investigating the case.

Compiled by Mai Lan