Two-headed baby dies

[Elano]

A TWO-HEADED baby boy has died at home after he was taken from hospital because his parents were too poor to pay for his care, reports claimed.
Yesterday, he was under police guard after a 150,000-strong mob arrived to gawk at him in hospital.

The boy – born in Bangladesh – had been moved to a second hospital after the huge crowd gathered for a glimpse.

It was feared some people might have forced their way into the hospital and crushed the mother and child.

Previously, babies born with physical abnormalities in Bangladesh and India have been hailed as living gods.

Paediatrician KS Alam reportedly said: "We wanted to refer him (Kiron) to a hospital in Dhaka but the family was so poor that they could not afford to take him there, so they took him home where he died."

Kiron was born in a caesarean operation on Monday, weighing 5.5kg, in Keshobpur, 100 miles from the capital, Dhaka.

Gynaecologist Mohamad Abdul Bari, yesterday said: "He has one stomach and he is eating normally with his two mouths.

"He has one genital organ and a full set of limbs."

Dr Bari said the baby developed from one embryo 'but there was a developmental anomaly'.

He said the clinic was unable to say if the baby had one or two sets of vital organs.