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The baby triplet girls abandoned by their mother because she couldn't afford to raise them: Romanian woman flees hospital, saying she is struggling to cope with three children she already has
PUBLISHED: 10:29 GMT, 24 September 2015 | UPDATED: 10:35 GMT, 24 September 2015
An illiterate and struggling mother has fled from a hospital and abandoned her newborn triplet daughters because she cannot afford to look after them.
Triplets Alexandra, Isabela and Cristina have been living in the maternity ward of a hospital in the city of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, for the past three weeks after their mother ran off.
Jeaneta Bente, 32, who is already struggling to raise three children, said there was no way that she could also afford to care for three more.
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The triplets, named Alexandra, Isabela and Christina have spent the past three weeks at the hospital
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They remain without parents after their mother Jeaneta Bente, 32, abandoned them after giving birth
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Their mother Jeaneta Bente, pictured, was then tracked down and confronted by local media
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She claimed she was unable to afford to care for the triplets. Pictured is the home where she already cares for her three children
And when she realised she going into labour prematurely and was having triplets, she decided to abandon them.
The triplets were conceived without any fertility treatment and despite being premature all three are in perfect health.
However, she has since come forward to explain her reasoning for abandoning her daughters - and now placed them up for adoption.
She said: 'I hope people can understand that I just don't have any possibility to feed or care for them, but I wish them the best and hope they have a better life than I can give them.'
After she was tracked down and confronted by local media, she agreed to sign papers to allow them to be adopted. Because she is illiterate, she used her thumbprint as her signature.
Romanian hospitals have reported an increasing problem with abandoned newborns.
This year alone 25 have been abandoned at the same hospital where the triplets were left behind.
In almost every case, the mothers explained that they simply did not have the money to take care of their children.
Local social worker Aurelia Ciresanu said: 'The causes of abandonment are mainly a lack of finances on the behalf of the parent, although there is also a lack of accommodation or support from immediate family which is also often a factor.'
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Despite being born premature, the triplets born a few weeks ago are all in perfectly good health
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This year alone 25 babies have been abandoned at the same hospital where the triplets were left behind
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In almost every case, the mothers explained they did not have enough money to care for the child
Read more: Romanian woman flees hospital leaving triplet girls because she couldn't afford them | Daily Mail Online
- Jeaneta Bente, 32, fled the hospital, leaving her newborn triplets behind
- Already a mother-of-three, she said she was unable to care for more
- Because she fled, authorities had no permission to have them adopted
- Despite being born premature, the triplets are all in perfect health
PUBLISHED: 10:29 GMT, 24 September 2015 | UPDATED: 10:35 GMT, 24 September 2015
An illiterate and struggling mother has fled from a hospital and abandoned her newborn triplet daughters because she cannot afford to look after them.
Triplets Alexandra, Isabela and Cristina have been living in the maternity ward of a hospital in the city of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, for the past three weeks after their mother ran off.
Jeaneta Bente, 32, who is already struggling to raise three children, said there was no way that she could also afford to care for three more.
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The triplets, named Alexandra, Isabela and Christina have spent the past three weeks at the hospital
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They remain without parents after their mother Jeaneta Bente, 32, abandoned them after giving birth
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Their mother Jeaneta Bente, pictured, was then tracked down and confronted by local media
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She claimed she was unable to afford to care for the triplets. Pictured is the home where she already cares for her three children
And when she realised she going into labour prematurely and was having triplets, she decided to abandon them.
The triplets were conceived without any fertility treatment and despite being premature all three are in perfect health.
However, she has since come forward to explain her reasoning for abandoning her daughters - and now placed them up for adoption.
She said: 'I hope people can understand that I just don't have any possibility to feed or care for them, but I wish them the best and hope they have a better life than I can give them.'
After she was tracked down and confronted by local media, she agreed to sign papers to allow them to be adopted. Because she is illiterate, she used her thumbprint as her signature.
Romanian hospitals have reported an increasing problem with abandoned newborns.
This year alone 25 have been abandoned at the same hospital where the triplets were left behind.
In almost every case, the mothers explained that they simply did not have the money to take care of their children.
Local social worker Aurelia Ciresanu said: 'The causes of abandonment are mainly a lack of finances on the behalf of the parent, although there is also a lack of accommodation or support from immediate family which is also often a factor.'
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Despite being born premature, the triplets born a few weeks ago are all in perfectly good health
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This year alone 25 babies have been abandoned at the same hospital where the triplets were left behind
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In almost every case, the mothers explained they did not have enough money to care for the child
Read more: Romanian woman flees hospital leaving triplet girls because she couldn't afford them | Daily Mail Online
