Op to remove baby's second head
Doctors have operated successfully to remove a second head from a 10-month-old baby.
Manar Maged was originally one of conjoined identical twins, but her sister failed to develop in the womb.
As a result she was born with a second head attached to her own - a condition known as craniopagus parasiticus.
Manar, who was otherwise healthy, underwent a 13-hour operation at Benha Children's Hospital, Cairo, on Saturday. She is reported to be stable.
Doctors said the second head was capable of smiling and blinking - but not of independent life.
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Although that second head is not capable of living on its own it is technically alive. Is it wrong to remove (kill) that beautiful little face?
