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Article: CONJOINED TWINS BORN IN BIHAR

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January 2, 2009
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P. Karunakharan

Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication.

Patna, Jan. 02 -- (IANS) A woman has given birth to conjoined twins in a Bihar town. The delivery was normal, a hospital source said Friday.

Mehnaz Khatoon, in her 20s, a resident of Bar village in Gaya district, about 125 km from here, was admitted to a government hospital Dec 31 night with labour pains and delivered the Siamese twins Thursday.

The two girls have their heads, hands, and genitalia separated from each other but are joined to each other waist downwards.

After news spread in the neighbourhood, a large number of people thronged the hospital to have a look.

Conjoined twins occur in only one in ...

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