The sickest doll ever

A doll designed to look like a desperately ill premature baby wired up to breathing tubes has been slammed by charities.

Manufacturers claim the lifelike creations — which cost up to £800 each online with intensive care packs priced at up to £35 extra — help parents of sick newborns cope.

But charities blasted the growing trend, saying exporters of the American kits even profit from families who want to remember their DEAD babies.

Sue Williams, of premature baby charity Adapt, said: “It’s sick. The dolls aren’t comforting. They only extend the grieving process.”

A mother who lost one of her newborn twins posted on Netmums: “I’m disgusted. What kind of sick and twisted individual does this?”