MoreMaldives conjoined twins die
Haveeru Daily
Aug 31, 2010 - 12:00
MALE, August 31, 2010 (HNS) - The conjoined twins born to a Maldivian mother have died.
Details of the death of the female twins born recently at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, however, are unknown.
While the twins, whom Haveeru acquired photographs of, were joined from the abdomen to the chest, they shared a single heart. Haveeru earlier understood that their condition was serious. Conjoined twins sharing the same heart cannot be separated.
Haveeru also learnt that the hospital refused to comment on the matter on the family’s request.
Conjoined twins is a very rare phenomenon with an estimated occurrence rate ranging from 1 in 50,000 births to 1 in 100,000 births.
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