Conjoined twins born in Bandung

Conjoined twins born in Bandung

BANDUNG: Only days after conjoined Iranian sisters, Ladan and
Laleh Bijani, failed to survive high-risk surgery in Singapore to
separate them last week, another set of twins were born here with
their stomachs, feet and groin joined.

The twins were born to Rodiah, 35 and Asep, 57, at 7:46 p.m.
on Saturday at Astanaanyar hospital. Rodiah and Asep, a
construction worker, already have seven children.

The twins weighed 4.7 kilograms and were 46 centimeters in
length.

The twins have no sex organs, but doctors found a scrotum.
They only have one anus and one navel.

Each of the twins has a head, complete sense organs, two hands
and two feet.

Dr. Ogi Dewangga, who aided the birth, said Rodiah came to his
hospital after a midwife was unable to help her due to the babies
being in the breech position.

"I had no knowledge at all that the mother would give birth
twins... First I raised the baby's hip and feet, but I later
found another set of feet. I was extremely surprised." --JP