A woman in Singapore, 47-year-old Yun Xuejiao, took her maid to the hospital after the latter complained of a stomach ache, and the maid ended up giving birth to a baby girl the next day, according to Lianhe Zaobao.
Yun said that her 37-year-old Indonesian maid, Renny, started working for her on 31 October 2022.
Before that, the maid arrived in Signaproe in June 2022 and worked for another family for 3 months before spending a month unemployed at the maid agency before Yun hired her.
Yun said that she received a letter from the Ministry of Manpower in December last year, asking her to send Renny for routine medical screening for infectious diseases and pregnancy every half a year.
Because she was busy, she asked her maid to go to the clinic by herself on 19 December, and the results showed that everything was normal and her maid could continue working for her.
5 months later on 22 March earlier this year, the maid complained of a stomach ache and was feeling unwell, so Yun gave Renny some medicated oil and told her to rest but her condition didn’t get any better.
Yun then called for an ambulance and sent Renny to the hospital, and the next day, Renny called her and said that she had just given birth to a baby girl.
The employer was shocked because she and her family didn’t know that the maid was pregnant, saying that she was chubby and always wore loose clothes and that she didn’t look pregnant.
Yun added that she believes the maid had hidden her pregnancy from her family from the start, and that there was no way she didn’t know she was pregnant because she had given birth before back in Indonesia.
After Renny was discharged, she was turned away by the maid agency and spent the night at Yun’s home.
The employer questioned Renny, who admitted that she missed her period and apologised, saying that her baby belonged to her husband in Indonesia, which confirmed Yun’s suspicions that Renny had hidden her pregnancy and tampered with the medical screening results.
The doctor at the clinic who administered the medical screening for the maid said that they did a urine test on her and the results apparently didn’t show that she was pregnant. They are unclear how the maid could have given birth just 3 months later.
Renny was eventually sent to the Indonesian embassy by the maid agency, and she then flew back to Indonesia with her baby on 8 April.
Yun said that she had forked out more than $2,000 in medical expenses for her maid and wants the maid agency to bear the costs.
MOM added that they are aware of the incident and are investigating.