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Children abandoned - Five young ones among 60 patients deserted by relatives, leaving Spanish Town Hospital with multimillion-dollar monthly bill

Four of the five children abandoned at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine have spent their entire lives at the facility, a situation Chief Executive Officer Jacqueline Ellis says is unacceptable. The latest child – a male who is one and a half years old – has remained at the hospital 11 months after being discharged. Hospital records show that four of the children – whose ages range from…

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