Conjoined twins News
According to the American Journal of Case Reports, the twin boys are connected together "like a spider" and were born with three legs and four arms in 2018.
Twins are 19-year-old
They have already been looking after equipments
They joined on Dec 20
Famous conjoined twins of Chhattisgarh—Shivram and Shivnath—who had two heads, four hands and two legs, have died under mysterious circumstances
Police investigating the matter
No post mortem done
In a surgery that is no less than a miracle, a team from Narayan Health City under Dr Devi Shetty operated on Kliyan to separate her heart from that of her sister, saving one of the twins in the process.
The conjoined twins died during their treatment, despite concerted efforts by a team of specialists, said Saroj Satapathy, superintendent, Sishu Bhawan.
The state government has already announced to bear medical expenses on the twins.
A team of 30 doctors from various departments undertook the second phase of the surgery on twins Jaga and Kalia, who are around two and a half years old.
The 28-month-old twins who are joined at the heads were taken to AIIMS on July 13 and a team of 40 doctors conducted the 20-hour long first surgery on them on August 28.
The two-and-a-half year-old craniopagus twins, or fused at the cranium, were brought to AIIMS on July 14, from Milipada village in Kandhamal district of Odisha.
The two-and-a-half year-old craniopagus twins, or fused at the cranium, were brought to AIIMS on July 14, from Milipada village in Kandhamal district of Odisha.
Two-year-old twins, who are joined at the head, were brought to AIIMS on July 13.
A team of 40 doctors is conducting the surgery which is the first of its kind in the country.
The twins' parents, Heather and Riley, got to know about the condition of their babies 11-weeks into the pregnancy.
In a rare medical feat, doctors of AIIMS here today separated conjoined twins, who were connected with liver, after a ten-hour marathon surgery.
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