Conjoined Twins Aiims

Doctors at the AIIMS in Delhi have successfully separated conjoined twins - Riddhi and Siddhi - joined from the chest and upper part of their belly.

One of the separated conjoined twins, Kalia's health condition turned critical and he was put on ventilator support, a senior doctor of the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack said today.

The conjoined twins from Odisha's Kandhamal district, Jaga and Balia, who spent over two years at AIIMS in New Delhi undergoing complicated surgeries for separation of their heads were discharged from the hospital on Friday.

Conjoined twins from Odisha's Kandhamal district, Jaga and Kalia, who had were being treated at AIIMS in Delhi after being separated two years ago, would return to the state on September 7, astate minister has said.

Two sets of conjoined twins have been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), nearly nine months after doctors at the premier institute successfully separated a pair of twins from Odisha.

Jaga, one of the conjoined twins from Odisha whose heads were separated on October 26 at the AIIMS hospital in Delhi, has been taken off the ventilator, even as both he and his twin brother Kalia continue to be in the ICU.

The condition of the conjoined twins of Odisha, who underwent a marathon surgery at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, is "critical but stable", state Health and Family Welfare minister Pratap Jena said today.

Conjoined twins, who were joined at the head, successfully separated at a breakthrough surgery in AIIMS.

Conjoined twins--Jaga and Kalia--from Odisha were "successfully" separated today by a team of doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.

The two-and-a-half year-old craniopagus twins, or fused at the cranium, were brought to AIIMS on July 14, from Milipada village in Kandhamal district of Odisha. Read the full report here.

While conjoined twins are known to occur in about every 2,00,000 births, craniopagus twins are rarer still, accounting for about only two per cent. Here's the report.

A team of 40 surgeons at the AIIMS turned the tragic story around after a 24-hour long surgery, in which they managed to separate a significant portion of the brains of the conjoined twins.

Medical breakthrough in Indian medical history. For the very first time in India, forty doctors at AIIMS attempt to split twins joined at the head.

Doctors at the AIIMS in Delhi have successfully separated conjoined twins - Riddhi and Siddhi - joined from the chest and upper part of their belly.

One of the separated conjoined twins, Kalia's health condition turned critical and he was put on ventilator support, a senior doctor of the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack said today.

The conjoined twins from Odisha's Kandhamal district, Jaga and Balia, who spent over two years at AIIMS in New Delhi undergoing complicated surgeries for separation of their heads were discharged from the hospital on Friday.

Conjoined twins from Odisha's Kandhamal district, Jaga and Kalia, who had were being treated at AIIMS in Delhi after being separated two years ago, would return to the state on September 7, astate minister has said.

Two sets of conjoined twins have been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), nearly nine months after doctors at the premier institute successfully separated a pair of twins from Odisha.

Jaga, one of the conjoined twins from Odisha whose heads were separated on October 26 at the AIIMS hospital in Delhi, has been taken off the ventilator, even as both he and his twin brother Kalia continue to be in the ICU.

The condition of the conjoined twins of Odisha, who underwent a marathon surgery at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, is "critical but stable", state Health and Family Welfare minister Pratap Jena said today.

Conjoined twins, who were joined at the head, successfully separated at a breakthrough surgery in AIIMS.

Conjoined twins--Jaga and Kalia--from Odisha were "successfully" separated today by a team of doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.

The two-and-a-half year-old craniopagus twins, or fused at the cranium, were brought to AIIMS on July 14, from Milipada village in Kandhamal district of Odisha. Read the full report here.

While conjoined twins are known to occur in about every 2,00,000 births, craniopagus twins are rarer still, accounting for about only two per cent. Here's the report.

A team of 40 surgeons at the AIIMS turned the tragic story around after a 24-hour long surgery, in which they managed to separate a significant portion of the brains of the conjoined twins.

Medical breakthrough in Indian medical history. For the very first time in India, forty doctors at AIIMS attempt to split twins joined at the head.