Baby Born With 2 Faces

Baby Born With 2 faces Born in India :

Autumn Horvath

4/13/08

The article I chose was an internet article about a little girl named Lali. Lali is a baby who was born in India with

an extremely rare condition known as crainofacial duplication. It is a condition where a child is born with a single head and

two faces. Lali has only one set of ears, but has two sets of eyes, two mouths and two noses. Because the child is born of

Hindu decent, she is considered a gift from God to the people in her village. It is said that Lali is a reincarnation of the

Hindu goddess of valor named Durga, who was a firey deity traditionally depicted with three eyes and many arms.

Since the baby's birth, there have been hudreds of visitors at her home every day to touch her feet out of respect, offer money

and receive blessings, her father, Vinod Singh told The Associated Press.

Lalis' mother Sushma Singh had a normal delivery on March 11, 2008. After Lali was born, Dr. Sabir Ali, the

director of Saifi Hospital, stated that she seemed to be doing fine. Lali's condition is often linked to serious health

complications, but the doctor said she was doing well. "She is leading a normal life with no breathing difficulties," and sees

no need for surgery. Singh also took his daughter to a doctor in New Delhi where doctors suggested that Lali go for a CAT

scan to make sure that everything was normal with her internal organs, but Mr. Singh delicned by saying that he did not feel

the test was necessary because his daughter is behaving like a normal child.

Because of Mr. Singhs decision, this poses alot of issues