Siamese Twins

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Das Dokument behandelt die Geschichte der siamesischen Zwillinge Mary und Jodie, die bei ihrer Geburt miteinander verbunden waren. Die Eltern, Michael und Tina Attard, waren gläubige Katholiken und weigerten sich, ihre Kinder chirurgisch trennen zu lassen, da dies den Tod von Mary bedeuten würde. Das Krankenhaus ging vor Gericht und gewann das Recht, die Operation durchzuführen, woraufhin die Eltern sich dem Urteil beugen mussten und Mary in Folge der Trennung starb. Jodie erholt sich hingegen gut und die Eltern beschreiben sie als Kämpferin. Das Dokument thematisiert neben der medizinischen und moralischen Herausforderung für die Eltern auch die ethischen Fragen im Zusammenhang mit solchen Operationen sowie die Vor- und Nachteile der medizinischen Technologie.
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SIAMESE TWINS First of all: What the term Siamese Twins means and where it derives from: Siamese twins are identical twins, capable of surviving and joined by a part of the body. The term derives from Chang and Eng Bunkes, who lived from 1811 to 1874 in Siam. Michael Attard, 44, and his wife Tina, 29, broke their silence after four months at the centre of one of the most emotive cases in medical and legal history. Their daughters Mary and Jodie were joined at the abdomen when they were born at St Mary s hospital., Manchester, in August. Doctors said both would die within months unless they were separated. The Attards, devout Roman Catholics, were totally opposed to an operation because it would mean certain death for Mary. Her own hearth and lungs were not working and she depended on her sister s blood to live. But hospital officials went to court to win permission and there was an agonising legal battle before the Attards decided they could fight no further. It meant they had to face the devastating moment when one of their deeply-loved daughters died. In the first days after Jodie and Mary were born, the couple assumed they would be left to look after their children for as long as they survived. They looked on them as ordinary babies playing with them, feeding them and tending to their every needs. They were horrified when the hospital launched its legal action. Their written plea to the court said: The operation was not God s will. Everyone has the right to live, so why ...
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