European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 12, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9ethics of twins separation debated Philadelphia apr the costs human and monetary were staggering by any estimation two dead children a shattered family and More than is million in medical expenses. Last year Amy Lakeberg was sacrificed so her conjoined sister Angela might live. Angela did a for 10 months All in a Hospital Ward most of the time hooked to a ventilator. Her doctors say the risky surgery was Worth it. Others have doubts. A a it a not just an ethical question a its a societal question. It seems strange to perform High risk Long shot High tech operations when we can to get Basic care out there a said Arthur Caplan director of the Center for bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. A a it a time for Public policy to get beyond the sight of two Small conjoined babies and realize that there Are 10,000 babies anywhere else who Are at  angelas doctors say the surgery provided information that will Benefit others. Her use of an updated elastic lung machine they say represents Progress in helping children breathe. Even the Way Angela died doctors Hope will reveal ways to avoid similar Pitfalls. A whether the eventual outcome is Good or bad you always learn something a said or. James a. Of Neill jr., who headed angelas surgical team. The Case was controversial from the outset. Doctors at Loyola University medical Center in Maywood 111., where the twins were born june 29, opposed separation saying there was no reason to put the twin Issue pits costs of ordeal against knowledge gained through an ordeal that would kill one and give the other less than a 1 percent Chance of surviving. Without the operation both were certain to die and Kenneth and Reitha Lakeberg decided to proceed. Doctors at children a Hospital of Philadelphia performed the operation aug. 20, giving Angela the twins shared liver tissue and malformed heart. Angela died in the Hospital thursday. Her Mother last visited at christmastime and her father had not seen Angela since last fall before he spent six months in prison for violating probation he received for slashing his Cousin. The Cost of angelas medical care has topped $1 million children a Hospital said. Public assistance programs in Indiana the Lake ergs Home state have agreed to pay about $600,000. A fund set up to help the twins was drained when Kenneth Lakeberg used about $1,300 in donations on a three Day cocaine Binge and on other items around the time of the separation surgery. Another fund has about $5,800, which will be used for burials costs and medical expenses said attorney Straley Thorpe who represents the fund. The Hospital will absorb the rest. A we do not Stop care because someone can to pay for it a spokeswoman Sarah Jarvis said. If history is any indication however absorbing costs often Means passing them on to other patients one health Reform advocate says. A a that a the Way the system works now. Its worked that Way for almost a Century a said Charles Inlander president of the Peoples medical society a nonprofit consumer health group. A a they re not going to charge the Lake ergs. They re going to charge everyone else who comes into their Hospital a he said. A but i done to argue this on costs. Was it humanistic ally Worth it i done to think  to one ethicist the efforts to save Angela reveal widespread american attitudes on health care. A cases like the Lake ergs Are symbolic National commitments to the Sanctity of life a said or. John Lantos a paediatrician and associate director of the Mac can Center for clinical medical ethics at the University of Chicago. A a it a like rescuing a Small boat lost at sea with a huge search operation. We All feel Good about it a Lantos said. A it Speaks to our feelings about the absolute Worth of the  even before the deaths of their daughters the Lake ergs were having personal problems Kenneth Lakeberg a welder was unemployed for nearly a year before the twins birth. The couple who also have a 6-year-old daughter have since separated. Cites court. A _ sgt. Makes bid for Charleston . A lawyers for the Citadel saying a Federal judge May already have made up his mind against them have asked for a mistrial in a woman a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the All male school. The state Mill Tail schools motion filed Friday said confusion about issues at the trial also prejudiced the schools Case. . District judge c. Weston Houck heard 10 Days of testimony in the trial last month of the lawsuit filed by Shannon Faulkner. He is to hear final arguments this week. In their motion to Houck the citadels lawyers noted that the judge ordered the school to draw up a plan to admit Faulkner even before the merits of her discrimination claim were decided. That order the motion said a is not Only unprecedented but also unfair in the extreme and May suggest the judge already had decided the Issue. The Citadel is one of Only two state supported military schools in the country that do not admit women. Both have fought court efforts to change their policies. The other school Virginia military Institute has agreed to set up a separate leadership program at another College. In their motion Friday the citadels lawyers said the defense at the court s direction stayed away from testimony about single gender education. But attorneys for Faulkner opened the Issue with witnesses who testified that any separate women a program would not be the same As allowing women into the Citadel. 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