In Turkey, a hospital scam led to the deaths of at least 10 newborns, prosecutors say

The World

An ongoing trial in Istanbul has indicted 47 doctors, nurses and other health workers in a conspiracy to scam the country’s social security system. Doctors allegedly gave families fake diagnoses to place their newborns in intensive care, which led to the deaths of at least 10 babies — prosecutors say. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren reports. 

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