Indian woman, 22, gives birth to conjoined twins, fused at the abdomen, who share the same heart and liver – but doctors fear the girls are in ‘serious’ danger of dying

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An Indian woman has given birth to conjoined twin girls fused at the abdomen who doctors fear are in ‘serious’ danger of dying.

Sumitra Dutta, from a small village in Odisha, in the east of the country, was told by doctors only two days before the delivery that she was carrying twins.

However, during a two-hour long surgery to deliver the twins, they were shocked to discover they shared a heart and liver, local reports claim.

The girls, born weighing 9lbs 7oz (4.3kg), were quickly transferred to a specialist hospital where doctors declared them in a critical state.

821ea62288efac5212794ef8e0ad4af3 Indian woman, 22, gives birth to conjoined twins, fused at the abdomen, who share the same heart and liver - but doctors fear the girls are in 'serious' danger of dying

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