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- 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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- <article>
- <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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- </body>
- </article>
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