BBC NEWS | Africa | Militiamen shut Somalia hospital: "The hospital workers say that they will carry on with their strike until the militiamen are withdrawn from the building.
But the woman's family are insisting that the militiamen will continue to occupy the hospital until they are compensated for the removal of her womb.
The family is demanding 50 camels, which is the traditional Somali compensation offered for the death of a woman.
The woman's family say she is as good as dead because she can no longer bear children."
Okay, I know this is another culture. But this really bothers me. The womb equals a person? No womb, and the person is dead? The worst part is no one else can get health care because of the bizarre standoff.
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