‘We could not do much to save her’: Conjoined twins die in Bangladesh

Conjoined twin girls have died in Bangladesh less than a week after they were born, the hospital treating them said on Monday. The head of the intensive care unit said they died late on Sunday after apparently suffering from heart failure. "She was not in a stable condition since she was born. She died before we could intervene,“ said Abid Hossian Molla. Thousands of people had flocked to visit the twins, who were born with two heads and two hearts but just one body, after news spread of the "miracle newborn” last week.

She was not in a stable condition since she was born. She died before we could intervene.

Abid Hossian Molla, head of intensive care

They were taken into intensive care at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh’s biggest public hospital, which set up a team of specialists to treat them. The twins’ father Jamal Mia said he had buried her at a public graveyard in Dhaka. "I feel sad for her as we could not do much to save her,“ he said. Mia said he had not yet told his wife of the twins’ death because she was still "very sick” after giving birth by Caesarian section.

I can’t afford to hire an ambulance to take her back home. So the doctors gave me some money to bury her in Dhaka.

Jamal Mia, the father of the twins

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