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| Two headed baby dies in Medan |
| 2009-02-07 |
| Adam Malik General Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, announced Friday that a baby with two heads that had been treated at the hospital for the last 13 days, died on Thursday night, kompas.com has reported. Hospital director Azwan Hakmi Lubis said the baby died of heart failure. Azwan said the hospital has send the baby to the parents home in East Aceh, Aceh. All medical cost will be paid by state plantation company PTPN I, where Sutiono, the father of the baby, works, he said. The baby, a malformed twin, was admitted to the hospital in late January by Sutiono and his wife Marwati. Aside from the extra head, the baby, who was called Marwati 1 and Marwati 2, had two pairs of lungs, two legs, two hearts and two backbones but one abdomen and one set of genitals. The hearts and the backbones, however, were linked together. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The father worked on a state plantation in East Aceh? Not exactly the place where such a child would thrive, poor thing. Hopefully the skills the hospital staff practiced will benefit future babies born there. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-02-07 21:38 |
| #3 May the family find peace and solace ... |
| Posted by: Adriane 2009-02-07 18:29 |
| #2 Yeah. "Mother nature is a mad scientist, Jerry!" /Kramer |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2009-02-07 11:55 |
| #1 :( gawd is purdy damn weird sometimes. /Job |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-07 09:12 |