No mother should experience the trauma of being held hostage in a hospital simply because she cannot afford her delivery bill, and no newborn should lose their life or face lifelong brain damage due to a lack of basic oxygen. This practice of detaining patients over unpaid bills criminalizes poverty and violates fundamental human rights. We call on health authorities and hospital administrators to immediately ban medical detention and to guarantee that every delivery ward is fully equipped with reliable oxygen therapy and resuscitation tools to protect our most vulnerable infants.