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A hospital in Zimbabwe charged women $5 for each scream during childbirth
Corruption is so systemic in Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s poorest countries, that a local hospital charges mothers-to-be $5 every time they scream while giving birth. That’s according to an extensive new report from Transparency International on corruption around the world, which also notes that a staggering 62 percent of Zimbabweans say they’ve paid a bribe in the past year.
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Just imagine how rich US hospitals could get doing that though.
Compared to salary it would be $1500 a scream... Ouch