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Thread #61076   Message #983304
Posted By: GUEST,Jim Clark..London.England
14-Jul-03 - 06:13 PM
Thread Name: Iranian siamese twins
Subject: RE: Iranian siamese twins
Amos...Please dont talk nonsense....Doctors who find themselves begging patients not to have an operation should let their sense guide them and refuse to be involved as they would if directly asked to assist in a suicide at least in western medical circles anyway..

If you look around the net you'l find articles of the much lesser discussed subject of the drive by the Singapore government to generate income by attracting wealthy overseas patients to its hospitals....When the twins died the Singapore government and the hospital were extremely nervous of the adverse publicity it might bring...luckily for them the bulk of the media swallowed their spin reporting the twins deaths as simply the tragic end to an alleged pioneering operation and judging by this forum many of the public seem to have swallowed that explanation...I've discussed my opinions on how pioneering this reckless operation was so I shan't bore everybody by going over it again...

JC...