Chile pot-smoking mum cannot see baby
A Chilean mother says a hospital is restricting her access to her newborn baby because she said she smoked marijuana.
Sindy Melany Ortiz said she smoked pot for medicinal reasons to alleviate pain in one of her arms.
She says she is not being allowed to breast-feed her daughter and can only see her for two hours a day.
Hospital officials in the southern city of Talcahuano said they were following protocol and the baby was at risk.
“They have violated my rights as a mother,” said Ms Ortiz, “I use this drug only for the pain in my arms, it was recommended by a medical professional to me and I am absolutely not a drug consumer.”
“They started to ask me if I smoked or took anything and I told them. When my daughter was born they said she would stay a little with me but I couldn’t breastfeed...
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