A conjoined twins sharing one single body was born at Suining City Central Hospital in Sinchuan province, southwestern China, according to Ms Wang, a hospital staff
The babies were born by caesarean. The twins weighted 4 kilograms and measured 51 centimetres.
They have two spines, two esophaguses and share other crucial organs. Doctors said that it would be nearly not possible to separate them.
“It is hard to say how they will stay alive in the future but we will try the best to keep them alive at the moment,” said Pu Youhua, a doctor at Suining Hospital.
Ms. Wang said the parents, who are refugee farmers living outside of the southwestern city, did not know about the abnormality until two days before the mother was due to give birth.
Two ultra sound scans in September and February failed to disclose the two heads because the technicians were viewing the single embryo in profile.
The pair has now been moved to a hospital in nearby Chongqing for additional examination.
The babies were born by caesarean. The twins weighted 4 kilograms and measured 51 centimetres.
They have two spines, two esophaguses and share other crucial organs. Doctors said that it would be nearly not possible to separate them.
“It is hard to say how they will stay alive in the future but we will try the best to keep them alive at the moment,” said Pu Youhua, a doctor at Suining Hospital.
Ms. Wang said the parents, who are refugee farmers living outside of the southwestern city, did not know about the abnormality until two days before the mother was due to give birth.
Two ultra sound scans in September and February failed to disclose the two heads because the technicians were viewing the single embryo in profile.
The pair has now been moved to a hospital in nearby Chongqing for additional examination.
