Post Date: 14th Dec, 2010 - 6:22pm / Post ID:
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Mum Forced To Sleep In Van After Stillbirth
How can they say this was an "honest mistake"? The incompetence of the person who was supposed to book a hotel for this lady is way too much.
QUOTE A MOTHER was forced to sleep in a van with her children hours after giving birth to a stillborn baby because the Department of Housing forgot to book a motel.
A care worker "forgot" to book accommodation for grief-stricken Aysha Noureddine, 27, who suffered complications during the traumatic birth three weeks ago.
She was discharged from Auburn Hospital in Sydney's west at night and - after discovering no accommodation had been booked - slept in her eight-seater van with three of her five children.
The young mother had earlier rang the Chullora Sleep Express motel, for which she contributed money for a room, but after being discharged was told no room had been paid for.
After learning of her plight, NSW Housing Minister Frank Terenzini this week ordered his department to find the young mother a home.
She was offered a contract for a four-bedroom townhouse in Punchbowl yesterday....
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