Conjoined twins attached at the head are being assessed to see if they can be separated.
Rabeya and Rokeya, from Bangladesh, are craniopagus conjoined twins, which means they are connected at the top of the cranium.
The 18-month-old girls are receiving medical attention thanks to the intervention of the country’s government.
The sisters have been admitted to the burn unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Here they will undergo a series of tests and then a board will be formed to make a decision about the prospects of them having the operation.
The babies’ mother Taslima Khatun was admitted to a clinic in Pabna town last year where she had a cesarean.
The parents want the twins separated in a bid for them to lead normal lives.
Rabeya and Rokeya, from Bangladesh, are craniopagus conjoined twins, which means they are connected at the top of the cranium
The 18-month-old girls are receiving medical attention thanks to the intervention of the country’s government
According to local reports, prime minister Sheikh Hasina has issued instructions for all necessary treatment to be provided to the twins.
She came to know about the infants through a local member of parliament.
Taslima and the girls’ their father, Rafiqul Islam, from a village called Atlanka in the Pabna District in the north-western part of the country, have another older child, a girl.
The sisters have been admitted to the burn unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital for tests
A board will be formed to make a decision about the prospects of them having the operation
The babies’ mother Taslima Khatun was admitted to a clinic in Pabna town last year where she had a cesarean
Rabeya and Rokeya have already amazed doctors as very few craniopagusconjoined twins survive birth
Rabeya and Rokeya have already amazed doctors as very few craniopagusconjoined twins survive birth.
Conjoined twins occur once every 200,000 live births, and even if they survive birth, their prognosis is generally poor.
About 40 per cent are stillborn and an additional 33 percent die after birth, normally due to organ failure or abnormalities.
But 25 per cent have been known to survive and even have the option to be separated depending on where they are attached at the skull.
Conjoined twins occur only once every 200,000 live births and their survival is low
Scientists believe that conjoined twins develop from a single fertilized egg that fails to separate completely as it divides
Mortality rates for twins who undergo separation vary, depending on their type of connection, and the organs they share.
Advances in brain imaging and neurosurgical techniques have made separation surgeries more possible.