Twins joined at head separated in Indian first

    Twins in India who were joined at the head have successfully been separated in a surgical procedure.

    Two-year-old Jaga and Kalia underwent 16 hours of surgery, in what is a first for India, requiring 30 surgeons at a state-run hospital in Delhi.

    The boys were born with shared blood vessels and brain tissues, a very rare condition that occurs once in about three million births.

    They are both currently in intensive care.

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