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Help me bring my baby home

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Help us get our baby home from Turkey. I gave birth 2 months prematurely in Fethiye, Turkey. The first bill given to us was £10,000 for the emergency c-section. As soon as our baby was born, she was taken three hours away to Antalya, Turkey. Neither of us were taken with her and whilst we remained in the hospital where I had my treatment, we weren’t updated about our baby nor was she even mentioned. They continuously hounded us about paying money and wouldn’t even let me out for fresh air. When I was finally allowed to leave, we had to pay a high sum to relocate hotel closer to our baby and travel via transfer over to Antalya which we had to pay ourselves - I didn’t meet my first child for two days. Our baby was 8 weeks and 2 days early therefore she needs to stay in an incubator in an intensive care unit for any treatment needed. Initially we were told we can see her daily but the following day, they told us only twice per week. Over a week later and we still haven’t been allowed to hold our baby and this hospital is now starting to pressure us about money. They have told us we need to pay £3000 per day for our daughter to be in hospital. 9 days later and the bill is £27,000. They have said she will remain in hospital for at least another 7 days but could be longer. We have had to provide our baby with nappies and all of the other toiletries needed for a baby, buy a car seat here although we have one at home, buy her clothes as well as finding the money to remain here, eat and drink. Some may say this is luxury being able to be in a hot country but we can’t be with our baby and we have a lot of stress of trying to fund our extended stay as well as the bills the hospitals are giving us. We also need to pay £100 to register her as well as flights home. My partner and I are both self employed therefore extra time out of work is making this a very draining experience when we should be enjoying our beautiful little girl.

The Turkish solicitor my partner has been in contact with has advised us that due to the Turkish laws, we won’t have to pay the hospital fees and they’re just trying it! Funding being here and then flights home is going to cost us so any help would be massively appreciated!
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    • £10 
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Kaielle Thompson
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Wayne Farrell Lockett
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Sarah Risby
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