Pic shows: The baby with two heads; This incredible footage shows a baby with two heads shortly after it was born. State officials have confirmed the bizarre birth as true after a video made the rounds on social media after being posted by surprised relatives. Footage shows the newborns wailing just after being born, as they are being held by medics, with tubes leading into their noses. Authorities have refused to go into detail about the rare case, only confirming that the mother, who has not been identified, is "stable" with the Siamese twins being kept in hospital for observation. Doctors are said to be looking at a "plan going forward" for the babies. The rare case happened recently in the city of Ciudad Juarez, in the north-central Mexican state of Chihuahua. The video was posted online on 6th January and shows the baby wearing a nappy and being held by a medic. It is reported the baby is male but it is not known if the case was picked up on scans or if the parents knew beforehand that they were having Siamese twins. (CEN)
State officials in the Mexican state of Chihuahua confirmed the birth of a baby with two heads after video of the crying children was shared online by relatives, Central European News (CEN) reported.
The video shows the newborns with tubes leading into their noses. According to CEN, authorities have not released information about the rare case, declining to confirm the sex of the twins, the mother’s name or whether the parents were aware of their children’s condition before delivery.
The babies were born in the city of Ciudad Juarez. According to CEN, the video was posted Jan.6.
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, conjoined twins occur once every 200,000 live births. Conjoined twins are born with their skin and internal organs fused together.
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