Indian girl born with heart in hand fights to live
 

I believe this deserves a OMFWTF. She was born HOLDING HER OWN HEART! *shivers*

She knows her heart like the palm of her hand, you bet.

Sorry, but she is already dead.

I believe this comes under the heading "severe, fatal, birth defect".

India...no ants?

Sorry kid.
RIP

that is sad. i hope she's in a better place now.

Sweetpea

Somebody tell me that her parents inability to afford the surgery is not the reason that she died. :(

This is very sad, but why is it news? This girl suffered. Her family is suffering. For some reason, it seems exploitative to me. I think that it's news for the same reason that people like the same type of stuff Ripley's Believe it or Not offers, or slowing down to get a look at a car wreck - a morbid fascination with human suffering. If we wanted to, we could probably scour the world for horrible stories such as this one and have a few a day to read. Ugh!

Of course, I entered this thread of my own accord, but I still don't like that stories like this one become international news. Or maybe I don't like why I think they become international news. Anyway, I'm rambling.

Unfortunately, even people in the medical industry have to pay their bills.

So many bad puns..

"Tugging on her heart strings.."
"Got the whole world, in my hand..."
"Wearing her heart on her sleeve.."

Also -- ? Why ISN'T it news? Anything that happens anywhere in the world to anyone is news to me.. should we patently exclude certain things?

That could NEVER happen in the US!

Oh, wait ...

;)