A child born with two heads has died because his parents were unable to afford adequate medical treatment.
The Bangladeshi boy named Kiron was born on Monday, but News Limited reports the boy died at home late yesterday because his parents could not afford the costs associated with ongoing medical care.
According to pediatrician KS Alam, Kiron died after developing a fever and breathing difficulties, after the child's parents ignored medical advice to keep Kiron under medical care.
"We wanted to refer him to a hospital in Dhaka but the family was so poor that they could not afford to take him there, so they took him home where he died," Dr Alam said.
"It was a very unusual case. The boy had one body but two complete heads."
The birth of Kiron had attracted a phenomenal amount of attention, with a reported 150,000 Bangladeshi's gathering at the clinic in Keshobpur where Kiron was born.
Police were needed to control the crowds, before Kiron was moved to a hospital in nearby Jessore city.