Sources from New Delhi have made a statement that Doctors at AIIMS are examining a pair of two year old twins joined at the head, and will assess whether surgery can be performed to separate them. It was stated that the twins Jagannath and Balram from Kandhamal district in Odisha, were taken to AIIMS after they were brought to New Delhi from Bhubaneshwar on Friday afternoon.
According to sources they are accompanied by their parents and Assistant Manager of National Adolescent Health Programme, Soumya Samantray. Meanwhile Dr AK Mahapatra, chief of neuro sciences centre at AIIMS said the twins will undergo a series of tests such as MRI, CT scan, and angiogram, to see to what extent the veins in their brains are fused and whether surgery is feasible.
Dr Mahapatra said "They are craniopagus
twins, that is who are connected at the head. This is a rare condition. It is
very difficult at this stage to say if surgery is feasible to separate them.
They will undergo several tests in the next 10-12 days after which we will decide".
