These twins were born connected at the chest. They shared a single six-chambered heart (instead of the normal four chambered heart). If nothing at all is done, then these twins might live in this state for one to two years. If the twins are separated, then only one could be saved. A novel surgery would have to be attempted that would involve reconstructing surgically a single normal heart. There is less than a 1% chance this surgery will be successful. The parents want the surgery done, but they have no health insurance. The cost of the surgery and very long recovery time would be more than one million dollars. Those costs would have to be covered as charity care. Loyola University in Chicago refused to do the surgery, primarily on the grounds that it would be unjust to use such a large sum of charity dollars for a procedure that was so costly and so unlikely to be successful