Gammy has a healthy heart, the hospital says
The coverage of Gammy, the 6-month-old baby who was born by a Thai surrogate mother, is mainly characterized by contradictory, unclear and sometimes incomplete information. The surrogate mother and the Australian biological parents (through a friend) tell different stories and now the newspaper is going even further.
Gammy does not have a life-threatening heart condition, says a spokesperson for Samitivej Sriracha Hospital under the authority of a cardiologist. He only has pneumonia and it is almost cured. Reports of the heart condition prompted an Australian charity organization to raise money. So far, the counter has been converted to 6 million baht.
The Australian couple informed a local newspaper through a friend that the surrogate mother (photo) had been telling stories. They didn't ask for an abortion, they didn't abandon the boy who suffers from Down's syndrome and the woman went to another hospital to give birth in violation of the contract, so the contract was no longer valid .
The parents were in Thailand for two months and were not even allowed to hold the babies. They did not know that Gammy had Down and had bought presents for him and his (healthy) twin sister. A doctor told them Gammy had no chance of life, due to his heart condition, pneumonia and an infection, and would only live a few days at most.
The surrogate mother now demands that the twin sister be handed over to her. Rode? The father is a convicted pedophile, who has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. In the XNUMXs he committed several sex offenses involving young girls.
The Department of Health Service Support inspected a clinic on Phetchaburi Tat Mai Road yesterday in connection with the Gammy case. According to the director general, the clinic and the doctors have the necessary permits. But the clinic also performs IVF treatments for future parents who are not blood relatives of the surrogate mother, in violation of Medical Council of Thailand (MCT) regulations.
The MCT will continue to investigate the doctors. Gammy's surrogate mother's name was not on the clinic's patient list.
(Source: Bangkok Post, August 6, 2014)
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