The unique conjoined twins, Abdul-Khaliq and Abdul-Rahim were born in Al-Thawra hospital on Sunday night. The twins are joined at the neck and share a torso, but also have a condition known as Parapagus Dicephalus, that is, they share a body but have their own heads, lungs, hearts, stomachs and backbones.
The extremely rare condition has a low survival rate, and requires treatment abroad to separate them. But Akram Ali Ahmed, age 20, the father of the two-headed baby said he wants them to remain conjoined. He believed that his newborn sons will survive if they remain conjoined, although the doctor have warned that partial twinned babies rarely survive such condition.
Currently, the twins are laid in an incubator awaiting funding, and a decision based on their survival.
Doctors says Yemen lacks good medical facilities especially due to the ongoing war, and predicts that their health will naturally decline if they are not taken out of Yemen for adequate treatment and care.
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