Two-headed baby born in Indian hospital

A woman has given birth to a two-headed baby in Ashirwad hospital at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. The baby, born to Kiran Yadav, has two fully developed heads joined at the skull whereas the rest of body is like a normal baby.

In medical science, Polycephaly is a condition of having more than one head, while Bicephaly and dicephaly refer to two-headedness.



The baby is crying as well as taking milk through both mouths.

Dr Anju Jain conducted a caesarian operation to deliver the baby. She said that due to congenital abnormalities, such cases can happen every 100,000 births. Due to hormonal imbalances, abnormal growth takes place.