Shocking video footage reveals the moment a baby boy, born with his twin attached to his stomach, successfully undergoes separation surgery.
In 2016, Hemlata Singh, from Jodphur, India, gave birth to a healthy baby named Sonni, but attached to his stomach was his partially formed, parasitic twin, putting the infant’s life at risk.
At just nine days old, Sonni was separated from his parasitic twin via the liver they shared before disconnecting the artery that carried blood from Sonni’s heart to his twin’s deformed one.
As expected, the twin died shortly after surgery, with Sonni going home 12 days later.
Ms Singh said: ‘I am happy to see that my child’s condition is improving and he will get better.’
