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Moscow: A
male pregnancy is definitely a medical sensation grabbing
headlines worldwide. A 15-year-old Kazakh boy was recently
declared pregnant, given a handful of erroneous medical
prescriptions and a bill for 50,000 tenge ($330).
Of course, Baizhan Aldashev was never really pregnant.
But the boy was pronounced "with child" at a hospital in Aktobe
city, where he was treated for kidney problems.
The teenager was discharged with a medical prescription that
listed pregnancy among his health issues.
The prescription was a mistake by an overworked doctor, not a
medical discovery of the millennium, the hospital's director
explained.
But the confused teenager still took the prescribed medication for
a while, which, his family claimed, gave him a severe allergy
while doing nothing to alleviate kidney problems.
The Aldashevs sued the hospital for 10 million tenge ($66,000),
but the court slashed the sum upon reviewing the case.
"We will appeal, most likely. Fifty thousand - that's ridiculous,
you know," a family representative said.
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