Conjoined baby twins in Manipur

CCPUR. 5 Feb 2014: Maternity ward of Churachandpur District hospital, today,witness unnatural still born twin baby who were born less than 7 month from the time they were conceived. The doctor on duty at the hospital Dr. Zuii Hauzel says that this was one such incident in which she had been involved, She also says that it was unfortunate that the child can't be saved. Sources also say that the two are not born death but were abnormal in their breathing and died after an hour's time.

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The unfortunate couple were from Singngat A/C of CCpur District and the child was born around 10;30 of today. The twins share a common head and other than that they had a normal physical organ, though their breathing is not satisfactory.

It may be worth recalling that survival rate of conjoint twins, who are born approximately 1 in 200,000 delivery, are very low and which was the maximum in South West Asian countries. In the 19th century the conjoint twins were called Siamese twins which was the result of two conjoint brother from Siam( now Thailand) who were made famous by circus manager who showcase them in his show.

Statistics point out that approximately half of the conjoins are still born with the survival rate less than 25% who were mostly girls. The most recent news about the conjoint twins , that shocked the world, was when two Iranian born girls Miss Laleh and Ladan Bijali who were joint at their head died after being operated by 28 top specialists from the Globe aided by more them 100 staff after a marathon 58 hrs operation at Singapore hospital. The two ladies aged 29 were highly educated and the failed operation triggered a debate on the ethic of this of operation though they said girl volunteers themselves to be separated.

Source: Phualvatimes

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