The conjoined female twins born on Tuesday in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka district have died, local newspaper The Daily Star reported Thursday quoting ward sources.
The babies died at 6:40 a.m. local time Wednesday at the Department of Pediatric Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) as their condition started worsening in the early morning.
The babies were crying incessantly, they stopped taking food, and breathing problem developed, said ward sources.
However, pediatrician had said the condition of the babies who were joined at the chest and abdomen was sound and their movement, breathing and other internal activities were going well.
Although examination of the internal condition of the babies did not take place, a medical officer at the ward said the twins may have died of congenital heart disease and other internal problems.
Experts said conjoined twins are born once in every 150,000 to 200,000 live births in the world and it is three times likely to happen to females than males.
When an embryo begins to split into identical twins but stops midway leaving the partially separated egg to mature, it results in conjoined twins. Experts said chances of conjoined twins' survival depend on how they are joined. About 40-60 percent are stillborn and 35 percent survive 24 hours or less.
In Bangladesh, the survival of conjoined twins is very rare. A total of three pairs of conjoined twins were admitted to DMCH in the last three and half years but none of them survived.
Source: Xinhua
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