Twins born with one body but two heads

Hospital officials in northern Brazil say a woman has given birth to conjoined twin boys with one body and two heads.
 
Obstetrician Neila Dahas of the Santa Casa de Misericodia Hospital in the city of Belem says the twins were born on Monday by caesarean section.
 
She says on the hospital's website that each boy has his own brain and spinal cord, but they share all other organs, including the heart, lungs and liver.

Dr Dahas says it is too early to tell how the twins will develop.
 
She says one of the boys is having respiratory problems and requires "special care".
 
The boys are named Jesus and Emanuel.
 
The 9.9-pound "twins" were born in a small hospital in the northern state of Para and were rushed by plane to a better equipped hospital in the state capital Belem.
 
Dr Dahas said separating the heads would be impossible because there was only one set of organs.
 
"What we know statistically is that the children who undergo surgery and survive are the children who have less organs in common," she said.
 
She added that it was difficult to choose which head to remove because both brains were functioning well.

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