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Parents 'donate' conjoined twins to MP hospital

Press Trust Of India | Posted on Jul 16, 2011 at 03:26pm IST

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Betul: A poor couple here has 'donated' conjoined girl twins to a local missionary hospital where they were born a few days back, officials said.The incident took place at the Padhar hospital.

The twins, joined from the chest to stomach were donated as there was no way in which they could be cured, they said.

Both girls are in 'normal' condition and there is no threat to their survival. The hospital even assured that the twins would be treated free of cost but strangely, their parents -Hariram Yadav and Maya Yadav - wrote a letter of

Parents \'donate\' conjoined twins to MP hospital

The twins, joined from the chest to stomach, were donated as there was no way in which they could be cured.

donation on a Rs 50 stamp paper and left the newborns there.

Meanwhile, experts say that it is illegal for the couple to leave the twins like this as according to them a lot of legal work and formalities are involved before such a decision can be taken.

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