Tag Articles

Conjoined twins almost sacrificed for ‘black magic’ ritual

May 10, 2013
On Monday, a 25-year-old woman from Panvel shocked medical professionals by naturally giving birth to conjoined twins who were joined below the torso. She did so at her home and didn’t seek medical assistance at a …

Bihar’s conjoined twins won’t be separated

April 10, 2013
Seventeen-year-old conjoined twins Saba and Farah welcomed the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that did away with the option of a surgery to separate them and directed the state government to grant the family Rs.5 000 per …

Bihar’s Conjoined Twins: Mother doesn’t want them separated

August 22, 2012
Rabiya Khatoon, the mother of conjoined twins Saba and Farah  has written a letter to the Supreme Court bench asking them not to separate her daughters. The letter to Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra, the twin's …

Bihar’s conjoined twins: Family undecided on surgery

July 31, 2012
 The family of 16-year-old conjoined twins in Bihar will take the final decision on surgically separating them after the girls are examined at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. "We'll take the …

Bihar’s conjoined twins: SC asks Bihar Govt to bring them to Delhi

July 31, 2012
 The SC asked the Bihar government to make arrangements for bringing teenage conjoined twins Saba and Farah to Delhi by an air ambulance for treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The court also asked the …

Bihar’s Conjoined twins: Centre sets up panel to figure out if they can be separated

July 21, 2012
The union government told the Supreme Court that it has set up a panel of three doctors to examine the possibility of surgically separating the conjoined twin sisters from Bihar. The apex court bench of Justice K.S. …

Can Bihar’s conjoined twins be separated? SC asks health ministry

July 17, 2012
The Supreme Court directed the union health ministry to set up a panel of doctors to examine the possibility of surgically separating 16-year-old conjoined sisters from Bihar. The apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan …

Betul’s conjoined twins: Congress blames CM Chouhan for infecting Aradhana and causing her death

July 7, 2012
It seems like Aradhana’s death is becoming a political issue. Yesterday, the Congress demanded that a case of culpable homicide be registered against MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the death of one of Betul’s separated …

Betul’s conjoined twins: Aradhana passes away after heart attack

July 6, 2012
Fifteen days after their separation surgery and just three days after their first birthday, one of Betul’s s conjoined twins, Aradhana passed away. Aradhana was doing worse than her sister Stuti and she died after two heart …

Betul’s separated Siamese twins celebrate first birthday!

July 3, 2012
Remember the Siamese twins Aradhana and Stuti who were separated by doctors by surgery on June 20? They just celebrated their first birthday in Betul on Monday. The occasion was graced by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj …

Betul’s conjoined twins: Stuti and Aradhna doing well

June 22, 2012
It’s been almost 24 hours since 34 medical experts from around the world performed a marathon 12 hour operation on Stuti and Aradhna, two conjoined twins who were attached at the heart and liver. They are still being monitored …

Betul’s conjoined twins separated after marathon 12 hour surgery

June 22, 2012
Stuti and Aradhna were twins attached to each other. Literally. Yesterday, a team of 34 medical experts - including 23 doctors from India and abroad operated upon them for 12 long hours to separate them. The complicated surgical …