Israel's justice ministry is investigating a hospital that allegedly
held a newborn baby as a "guarantee" until a bill was paid.
The ministry intervened last week following reports that East
Jerusalem's al-Muqassad hospital held the girl, Israeli press reports
say.
The mother, an Israeli citizen, gave birth to triplets two months ago.
The hospital denies keeping the baby and says the triplets were
released at different times for medical reasons.
The births were premature and the babies required extensive hospital
treatment.
The al-Muqassad hospital is an charitable Arab-run hospital in East
Jerusalem.
'Normal procedure'
Because the children's father was a Palestinian resident of the West
Bank, the hospital demanded payment of the bill as it was not certain
of recovering the costs from the National Insurance Institute (NII), it
is alleged.
When the woman said she was unable to pay, the hospital released only
two of the babies, keeping the third as a "guarantee", newspaper
reports said.
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