Published 12:51 IST, November 26th 2019
MP woman delivers ‘rare conjoined twins’ with two heads, three hands
MP woman delivered a baby with two heads and three hands in Vidhisha. Both mother and baby are currently healthy and the parents vowed to raise the child.
- India News
- 2 min read
A first-time mother fainted in shock after giving birth to a baby with two heads and three hands in Vidhisha, Madhya Pradesh. Later, the parents, Jaswant Singh Ahirwar, 25, and his wife Babita Ahirwar, 21, vowed to take care of the child. Both mother and baby are currently healthy but doctors said that the survival rate for such babies and leading a normal life is dismal.
The couple got married about one and a half years ago and were told after Babita’s sonography in 35th month of her pregnancy that they were going to have twins. But they were not expecting their child to have two heads. According to the doctors, such cases are a result of the fetus not developing properly in the womb but the condition occurs one in a million.
Not enough money
Jaswant said that he and his wife were shocked when they saw the baby. He said that they were happy to have two kids after the ultrasound report came out but they didn’t know it would be one baby with two heads. The twins are under observation around the clock and would be referred to an advance hospital for further treatment.
Dr Surendra Sonkar, child specialist at the district hospital, said that they will take expert opinions from Bhopal and Delhi as they have performed the operation on such child. The father said that he will raise the baby but he doesn’t have money for such operations. Jaswant added that he will take the child to a better hospital if the government helps him.
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Successful surgery
In 2017, a successful craniopagus surgery was performed on conjoined twins from Odisha's Kandhamal district at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. It made to the Limca book of records as it was first craniopagus surgery in India headed by neurosurgeons Prof Ashok Kumar Mahapatra and Dr Deepak Kumar Gupta with a team of 125 doctors and paramedical staff.
Updated 14:13 IST, November 26th 2019