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TINY Ayda Ward was "held hostage" by a Turkish hospital who wanted her distraught parents to pay nearly £100,000 in medical bills before they would release her.

The tot was born three months early when her mum Adele Blake, 28, gave birth while on holiday with partner Brandon Ward, 19.

Tiny Ayda with parents Adele, 28, and Brandon, 19 The parents say Ayda was kept 'hostage' in a Turkish hospital

The desperate couple wrongly believed their insurance company would cover the costs of the £3,000 Caesarean section, follow up medication and £1,200-a-day hospital bill for their premature baby.

The new parents from Bradford, West Yorks, finally had to call in the police for help so they could get baby Ayda out of hospital after an agonising 77 day ‘nightmare’ in Turkey.

In an exclusive interview Adele told The Sun: “I can’t explain the pain this has caused us. I just hope that no-one else ever has to suffer such cruel and unnecessary treatment.”

She and recovery driver Brandon went on holiday to the popular Mediterranean resort of Marmaris on June 26th this year when Adele was six months pregnant.

The couple jetted off to Turkey when a GP declared Adele, who was six months pregnant, fit to fly But three days after arriving in Marmaris, Adele went into labour three months early Adele outside the Tekden Hospital in Denizli - four hours away from their resort - where she was taken for an emergency Caesarean

Adele said: “We thought it would be nice to have a holiday together with Brandon’s family before the baby was born.”

Responsible Adele checked with her GP and was declared ‘fit to fly’ but three days after arriving at the Club Aida resort she went into labour by the hotel pool.

She said: “I was just eating some chips when my waters broke. It was a complete shock and I panicked.

“I knew it shouldn’t be happening. I was sobbing in the back of the ambulance.”

Little Ayda was kept in hospital for 77 days after being born As soon as Adele came round after the Caesarean, she says the hospital started demanding payment

Terrified Adele was taken to the state hospital in Marmaris and from there rushed to a specialist paediatric unit at the Tekden Hospital in Denizli - four hours away.

She said: “Brandon wasn’t allowed to be with me as it’s not the done thing in Turkey so his mum Karen was with me.

"They strapped me down to a table for an emergency cesarean.

Adele said the hospital refused to allow the tot to leave

"Almost as soon as I came round from the anaesthetic a receptionist arrived in my room and started demanding money.

“I was groggy and confused and really only wanted to see my baby but they wheeled me down to the office, insisting I make a down payment.”

It was a further TEN hours before Adele got to meet her baby daughter for the first time.

Adele says baby Ayda was "held hostage" as the new mum desperately tried to sort out the insurance to pay the privately-run hospital.

Adele wasn't allowed to see her baby for ten hours after she was born

She said: “I was only allowed to see her for ten minutes a day and they wouldn’t let me feed her - I only got to hold her twice in the whole time she was in hospital.

"And on those two occasions they wouldn’t allow Brandon into the room at all. It was just heartbreaking.

“After a few weeks she was clearly well enough to come home and take a bottle but they kept feeding her on a tube because they wanted to keep her there - they were literally holding her hostage.

“They said I had to settle the bill, to pay the money or they would keep the baby and we wouldn’t be allowed to return to the UK.

The couple wrongly believed their insurance company would cover the bills

“They ignored all our pleas to be allowed to bond with her - they just didn’t seem to care about the damage they wre inflicting on our family. They only seemed to care about their bill.”

Adele was insured with Atlas Direct but every time she contacted them she claims they made "excuses and refusals".

After Adele’s family launched a GoFundMe campaign, they helped raise £4,000 for the couple to pay for an apartment in Turkey.

Eventually, nearly three months after setting off on their weeks holiday, Brandon, Adele and baby Ayda were finally able to fly home.

The mum of two added: “We’re treasuring every moment with Ayda.

“We missed out on the first three months of her life and we’re making up for it now. I just hope that by speaking out no-one else will ever have to suffer the way we did.”

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