Breathing problems: Baby with two heads dies

Doctors informed the family that the baby was having difficulty breathing due to his body structure.

KARACHI:

A baby with two heads died a day after his birth at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), where he was brought in a normal condition on Wednesday afternoon.

The wife of Mohammad Ali, a primary school teacher residing in Korangi Crossing, gave birth to a boy with two heads in a private hospital. Doctors at the hospital immediately told the family to take the baby to the NICH.

“He was quite normal and was crying like normal children do,” the baby’s uncle, who wished not to be named, told The Express Tribune. He said that the baby’s condition had become serious on Thursday morning and he died within a few hours. The doctors had already said that his chances of survival were very low, he added.

The doctors also informed the family that the baby was having difficulty breathing, since his unusual body structure was making the flow of oxygen irregular.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 19^th, 2014.