A 12-pound, 1-ounce, two-headed baby boy named Kiron, born to impoverished Bangladeshi parents, died after being taken home from the hospital. His parents were unable to afford the medical care necessary to keep him alive.
Recent Birth Abnormalities in South Asia
In 2005, a girl named Lakshmi Tatma was born in India with the arms and legs of a parasitic twin attached to her body, giving her the appearance of having four arms and four legs. Tatma became the subject of a 2008 National Geographic documentary, The Girl With Eight Limbs. In March 2008, a baby girl with two faces, Lali Singh, was born to an Indian couple near Delhi and was worshipped as the incarnation of a Hindu god.