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Rate Schedule: Defendant Xia and Yan Xia

rate schedule: After 67 months the defendant Xia would now owe about 1.2 million, according to Vancouver Courier. In breach of the Agreement with the hospital's rate schedule the defendant has not paid the Amount Owing nor any portion thereof, notes the claim, filed on behalf of Vancouver Coastal Health by lawyer David Georgetti of Vertlieb and Co. Yan Xia has been served a notice of civil claim after not paying her 312,595 bill from October 2012, after Richmond Hospital staff helped her with maternity care and her newborn child with neonatal care following complications in the spring of 2012.article continues below Trending Stories Marpole The neighbourhood at a glance Gangs of Vancouver Cancer a factor in Raymond Louie's decision not to seek re-election Vancouver expands bike share programrelated'Abusive and exploitative' birth tourism targeted by Richmond residents Feature Richmond Hospital becomes passport mill The claim filed in April at B.C. Supreme Court notes the bill accrues monthly interest of two per cent, if left unpaid. It is unclear where Xia is at the moment. The city is also home to a number of birth houses. Richmond Hospital is home to a booming birth tourism industry that while technically legal, operates in a grey zone and is seen by many as an affront to the immigration system and exploitative of Canada's healthcare system. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.