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Rare conjoined twins at AIIMS
New Delhi, July 20: In the midst of worldwide attention on the Iranian twin sisters and their tragic death, two conjoined baby boys, born in a hospital here just over a month ago have been abandoned by their parents, and are left to the care of All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
New Delhi, July 20: In the midst of worldwide attention on the Iranian twin sisters and their tragic death, two conjoined baby boys, born in a hospital here just over a month ago have been abandoned by their parents, and are left to the care of All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
The babies, joined at their lower abdomen, behave normal and are healthy and feeding well, Additional Professor of Paediatric Surgery at AIIMS D K Gupta told news agencies.
The parents of the twins were said to have told AIIMS authorities that they do not want them as they already have two daughters.
However, AIIMS authorities are understood to be trying to bring the parents round to take the twins back.
"It is an extremely rare situation which happens because the embryo starts dividing into identical twins on 13-15 days but, the division is incomplete, leading to two babies joined or united in some regions," Dr D K Gupta, Additional Professtor of Paediatric Surgery at the institute, told news agencies today.
The twins were born at the Lady Hadinge Medical College and referred to AIIMS after six hours of birth. Their parents are from Delhi, are very poor and have abandoned them. They already have two daughters, Gupta said.
Investigations have revealed that the twins have two heads, two upper chests, two hearts, four lungs, but common lower chest, and only two legs. Scanning revealed they have two complete spinal chords.
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The parents of the twins were said to have told AIIMS authorities that they do not want them as they already have two daughters.
However, AIIMS authorities are understood to be trying to bring the parents round to take the twins back.
"It is an extremely rare situation which happens because the embryo starts dividing into identical twins on 13-15 days but, the division is incomplete, leading to two babies joined or united in some regions," Dr D K Gupta, Additional Professtor of Paediatric Surgery at the institute, told news agencies today.
The twins were born at the Lady Hadinge Medical College and referred to AIIMS after six hours of birth. Their parents are from Delhi, are very poor and have abandoned them. They already have two daughters, Gupta said.
Investigations have revealed that the twins have two heads, two upper chests, two hearts, four lungs, but common lower chest, and only two legs. Scanning revealed they have two complete spinal chords.
Bureau Report