Parents unable to pay bills, baby held 'hostage' by hospital

Parents unable to pay bills, baby held 'hostage' by hospital

Netizens have responded to the plight of baby John Aron Charles Angeles, who has reportedly been held 'hostage' at a Laguna hospital for the past four months because his parents don't have the money to pay the bills.

Sympathetic readers are tweeting celebrities and friends to help the baby and mother, who is reportedly not even allowed to hug or breastfeed the baby by officials of the University of Perpetual Help Hospital- Dr Jose Tamayo Medical Center.

The hospital says the parents owe more than 700,000 pesos (RM52,500) for the delivery and care of the premature baby.

One tweeter, who goes by the name TrevorCM, tweeted his celebrity friends to appeal for help.

"I got some calling to do in anyway I can to seek help for this baby... family so poor. I hope my prayers will be answered. I'm so touched by this news but saddened that no money to give," he wrote.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
Published Nov 22 2011