Conjoined twins have been born in Kendrapada with two heads, three hands and two legs. The twins are girl children and were born at a private nursing home in Kendrapada town. After their condition deteriorated, they were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).
DHH Paediatric Consultant Debasish Sahu said the conjoined twins are rare congenital anomaly and are joined at chest and abdomen. Their condition is stable at present. After ultrasound of twins, details of the abnormality would be known. “We are referring the conjoined twins to Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack. Like Jaga-Kalia conjoined twins, the present case is one of the varieties of the congenital anomaly,” Dr Sahu said. Notably, in 2015, Jaga and Kalia of Kandhamal district were fused at the head since their birth. After the State Government intervened and announced to fund for a separation surgery of twins, a team of doctors of AIIMS, New Delhi conducted the country’s first Craniopagus surgery.
The team of doctors performed surgery for 45 hours in phases from August to October in 2017 to separate Jaga and Kalia.Kalia died at SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack during his treatment in November last year.