Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ In Africa, imprisoned at the hospital until bills are paid http://www.pri.org/stories/world/africa/in-africa-imprisoned-at-the-hospital-until-bills-are-paid-11960.html Africa Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:20:00 -0500 In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as in many places in Africa, hospital patients don't get to leave until they pay their bill. And every day they stay, the bill gets higher. They're prisoners of their medical debt. PRI: Public Radio International