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Pakistani boy who has one body, two faces
Sunday September 25, 2011 03:02:29 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: A boy born
in Pakistani Kashmir has two faces but one body, a media report
said.
Shahida Perveen, 30, gave birth to the boy Friday and soon
thereafter, a crowd gathered at the hospital to see the child,
reported Dawn.
Doctors said that except for the ears, all the facial features of
the boy were duplicated. "This condition is known as craniofacial
in the medical world," said one doctor.
The boy has irregular breathing and his chances of surviving were
slim.
"We are not very hopeful about his life," hospital Deputy Medical
Superintendent Dr Naeem Ahmed told Dawn.
Such abnormalities point to genetic problems and occur in
marriages between cousins, he said. To avoid the same happening
again, Dr Ahmed advised the couple to consult doctors before going
for another pregnancy.
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