Conjoined twins delivered at home, family seeks help

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), Oct 5 : A Dalit family in Lakhimpur Kheri has appealed for financial assistance from the state government as well as individuals, to separate a pair conjoined twins that were born at home on Thursday.
The father of the babies, Ram Kumar Gautam, works as a daily wage labourer.
The doctors in Lakhimpur are ‘surprised’ that the twins had a safe home delivery.
Dr S K Sachan said, “We are surprised that the conjoined twins have survived in a home delivery which is rare keeping in mind the complications in such cases.” The twins are omphalopagus, which means that they are joined near the belly button, and the survival rate in such cases is usually only between 5 to 25 per cent, according to medical experts.
Such twins generally share a liver but some share the lower part of the small intestine and colon.