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<text id=94TT0794>
<title>
Jun. 20, 1994: Died:Angela Lakeberg
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
Jun. 20, 1994 The War on Welfare Mothers
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 23
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<p> DIED. ANGELA LAKEBERG, 11 months; surviving Siamese twin
separated from her sister weeks after their birth; of a
cardio-respiratory disorder; in Philadelphia. Angela and Amy
were given only months to live last summer after being born
fused at the chest, sharing a heart and liver. They were
surgically separated in a 5 1/2-hour operation in which Angela
was given the single heart and Amy was allowed to die. The
phenomenal cost of the procedure vs. the slim chances given for
Angela's survival raised a public debate over whether the
surgery represented the best use of medical resources--indeed,
Angela spent her entire brief life in the hospital on a
respirator.
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