Baby girl born with her parasitic twin’s head attached to her tummy undergoes surgery

A BABY born with two heads is expected to survive after doctors removed the parasitic twin’s head that was “feeding off” her blood supply.

The baby girl, who is yet to be named, was born via C-section at Ram Snehi Hospital in northern India last month.

The baby was born with a fully formed head sticking out of her stomach.

But medics were shocked to discover the newborn had an extra head complete with eyes, ears, a nose and lips protruding from her stomach.

The parasitic twin also had a malformed hand hanging over the little girl’s chest.

Doctors referred her for surgery at JK Lone Hospital in Jaipur some 336 miles away.

A team of surgeons removed the head in a four-hour operation.

Dr Pravin Mathur, professor and head of paediatric surgery at the hospital, said: “This is one of the rarest cases of parasitic twin.

“It was a complicated case as the twins shared blood vessels.

“They were joined from the thorax and shared common vessels for blood supply from heart and liver.”