Nature plays some horrific jokes, but sometimes Man can beat it. This child (really two, with one twin half-absorbed by the other in the womb) had major surgery (it took more than 30 surgeons 27 hours to not only remove two of Lakshmi's arms and two of her legs but also to rebuild much of her body and save her organs, according to the article), and ended up losing the conjoined twin without, amazingly, losing her life. They did it in Bangalore, not New York City, too, which is even more amazing. But if you ever wondered where they came up with those images of gods with a bunch of arms and legs, this is probably it...
08 November 2007
Every once in awhile, good news
Nature plays some horrific jokes, but sometimes Man can beat it. This child (really two, with one twin half-absorbed by the other in the womb) had major surgery (it took more than 30 surgeons 27 hours to not only remove two of Lakshmi's arms and two of her legs but also to rebuild much of her body and save her organs, according to the article), and ended up losing the conjoined twin without, amazingly, losing her life. They did it in Bangalore, not New York City, too, which is even more amazing. But if you ever wondered where they came up with those images of gods with a bunch of arms and legs, this is probably it...
Recent surveys show that Brits are leaving the UK to seek medical treatment elsewhere. (Another shining endorsement of a Hillary style health care system) Where are they going? The US? No. Mexico? No. India seems to be the destination of choice for medi-tourism.
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