Baby has too many appendages---WARNING:Photo included

Gonz

Gonz

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This is...well, I don't much know what this is

An infant born with four legs, three hands, three kidneys and an abnormal liver to a rural Zambian woman two weeks ago, is pictured in Lusaka, July 2, 2003. Doctors at Zambia's main Lusaka University Teaching Hospital said July 3, 2003 the babies deformities were caused by incomplete growth of another fetus and multiplication of cells. They said the baby, whose is yet to be named, would be operated upon and is likely to lead a normal life. Picture taken July 2. REUTERS/Salim Henry
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If a new born has some serious abnormalities, it is very likely that organizations will help him/her, but those same organizations would let die some other new borns that has no abnormalities :shrug:
 
Could operation take off those extra appendeges??? I doubt the family could afford it though.
 
That's why they fly kids like that to America. I can't remember if tax dollars pay for it, or if it comes from private sources.
 
Inkara1 said:
That's why they fly kids like that to America. I can't remember if tax dollars pay for it, or if it comes from private sources.
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Yeah, Canada and other countries never do that :retard:

It's generally a combination of private groups donating, and doctors giving up their time and resources, and people willing to foster.
 
If that baby had been born in the US, it would be shit outta luck. Why don't these doctors devote some of their time to people at home?
 
alex said:
If that baby had been born in the US, it would be shit outta luck. Why don't these doctors devote some of their time to people at home?
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Because nowhere in the hypocratic oath does it say... "I will only help people of my own nationality". The point is he's alive and obviously thriving at the moment but he won't be for long with that amount of strain on his heart. It looks like he sould have been one of conjoined (siamese) twins... it's normal to seperate them if possible. You usually only hear about the one's who are born into abject poverty and have to go to a different country for help if they are to survive. It looks pretty much like he's staying in his own country though... not all african countries need international help.
 
Leslie said:
Yeah, Canada and other countries never do that :retard:
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There's always Singapore... we'll see how they do with those 29-year-old Iranian twins joined at the head.
 
Yeah, the last I heard everything was going to plan. I shall keep my fingers crossed for them.
 
alex said:
If that baby had been born in the US, it would be shit outta luck. Why don't these doctors devote some of their time to people at home?
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If that kid were born in America, someone would help it. Have you seen how much help the parents of octuplets and whatnot receive?

rrfield
 
The free marketing and name-making possibility of such a case would be enough to have Drs lining up to try their hand at it. Can you imagine being the Dr that gave this girl her life back? or being the hospital that did it for free? Man..the coin they'd be making.

This would go far beyond the hypocratic oath...

I like the example of the quadruplets etc...but all those 'free diapers' come in big boxes with Pampers all over the side of it etc...

There is no such thing as free. Only 'not paid for'. :p
 
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