Siamese twin boys with two heads born in India have died after 24 hours. The boys weighing 3.7kg and were placed on a ventilator. They shared liver and pair of limbs but had separate lungs and hearts.

The parents of the boys begged doctors to save them but they said their chances were hopeless, according to a report by Dailymail. Doctors told their parents that had they lived, there would have been no possibility of separation surgery.

The mother wished to remain anonymous in fear of being shunned by the locals. Her babies' malformation was only discovered in the 32nd week of gestation when the woman and her husband went for an ultrasound.

Dr Sanjay Bansode, head of the gynaecology department, said the twins were born in healthy condition but doctors knew they had no chance of survival.

'The babies were a case of dicephalic parapagus or two-headed twins, which are often stillborn.

'It is extremely rare and happens just one in a lakh [equal to one hundred thousand] and chances of dicephalic parapagus twins are of around 10 per cent of such births.

'Their condition was very critical and they were put on ventilator support. However, a day after birth they died.'

Other experts have estimated this type of conjoined twin to be even rarer. Medics say the couple, who are already parents to three daughters and a son, were shocked to find their newborn had two heads.



'They were extremely poor and were nervous after the child's birth,' said Dr Sanjay Bansode.

'The mother did not know she was carrying conjoined twins until the 32nd week of pregnancy.'

'They asked us to do anything to save the babies but such kids do not survive. There is no possibility of surgery either as they share most of their body parts and in this case had just one pair of limbs.'