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A BABY boy born with two heads has died after his parents took him home because they could not afford his medical care.
The Bangladeshi boy, named Kiron, was born on Monday by cesarean section and died at home late yesterday after developing a fever and breathing difficulties, pediatrician KS Alam said.
Kiron had attracted such attention that 150,000 people gathered at the clinic where he was cared for after his birth in Keshobpur, 135km from the capital Dhaka.
Police were called in to control the crowds and Kiron was moved to a hospital in nearby Jessore city.
But his parents decided, against doctors’ advice, to take him home, Dr Alam said.
“We wanted to refer him 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,” Dr Alam said.
“It was a very unusual case. The boy had one body but two complete heads.”
The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond the reach of poor people, officials said on Wednesday.
With consumer price inflation at 37 percent according to the latest central bank estimate, demand has pushed a kilogram of rat meat up to around 5,000 riel ($1.28) from 1,200 riel last year.
Spicy field rat dishes with garlic thrown in have become particularly popular at a time when beef costs 20,000 riel a kg.
Officials said rats were fleeing to higher ground from flooded areas of the lower Mekong Delta, making it easier for villagers to catch them.
“Many children are happy making some money from selling the animals to the markets, but they keep some for their family,” Ly Marong, an agriculture official, said by telephone from the Koh Thom district on the border with Vietnam.
“Not only are our poor eating it, but there is also demand from Vietnamese living on the border with us.”
He estimated that Cambodia supplied more than a tonne of live rats a day to Vietnam.
Rats are also eaten widely in Thailand, while a state government in eastern India this month encouraged its people to eat rats in an effort to battle soaring food prices and save grain stocks.
($1 = 3,900 riel)
(Reporting by Ek Madra; Editing by Alan Raybould and Paul Tait)
A BABY boy born with two heads has been put under police protection because of the curiosity his birth has caused among locals.
The 5.5kg boy, named Kiron, was born by caesarean on Monday in Keshobpur, 135km from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
“He has one stomach and he is eating normally with his two mouths. He has one genital organ and a full set of limbs,” gynaecologist Mohamad Abdul Bari said.
“He was born from one embryo but there was a developmental anomaly.”
The clinic had been unable to determine whether the baby had one or two sets of vital organs, Dr Bari said.
The baby’s life was not in immediate danger but he and his mother, 22, had been moved to a larger hospital in nearby Jessore city because large crowds had gathered at the clinic, he said.
“Around 150,000 people gathered … from different areas. It became tough for us to care for the baby.
“We called police to tackle the situation and they are guarding the hospital in Jessore as well,” he said.
The newspaper Samakal said many well-wishers had left money for the baby’s family.
The son of legendary rap producer Dr Dre has been found dead at his home in Woodland Hills on Saturday morning.
Andre Young Jr., 20, was unresponsive when his mother went to check on him around 10 A.M., calling 911 to alert paramedics.
Young’s cause of death is pending completion of a toxicology report.
His father, Andre Young Sr, is better known to the world as “Dr. Dre”, an award winning producer who shot to fame as a pioneer of the influential gangsta rap group NWA, and becoming co-owner of West Coast record label Death Row records.
Later, he became popular for his discovery and production for rap artist Eminem.
A BABY boy born with two heads has died after his parents took him home because they could not afford his medical care.
