Zimbabwe hospital charges women $5 for each scream during childbirth

A Transparency International report claims that a hospital in Zimbabwe charged women $5 for each scream during childbirth as a way of stopping them from "raising false alarm."

According to the Transparency International report on corruption in Zimbabwe, one of the poorest countries in Africa, women who are unable to pay the "screaming fee" in addition to a delivery fee of $50 could be detained at the hospital and charged interest until they are able to pay.

The NGO said the corrupt hospital was pushing mothers to give birth at home in a country where eight women die in childbirth every day, according to UN figures.