Indonesian woman gives birth to baby with two faces, two brains
A woman has given birth to a baby with two faces in Indonesia because his conjoined twin did not develop properly in the womb.
Gilang Andika, who is two-month-old, has two faces and two brains but just one head.
The complication has left him looking disfigured and suffering from a potentially fatal brain condition, which is causing fluid to build up.
Andika has just one body with two arms and two legs. On his head, he has the face and brain of a sibling which did not grow its own body in the womb, because their mother’s egg did not completely split in two during pregnancy.
Because of his rare predicament, Gilang cannot be breastfed, so has to be fed milk through a tube.
And doctors have said he is not likely to live long because of his condition.
The unfortunate infant also has a condition called hydrocephalus, which is caused by a build-up of fluid in the brain.
Many babies who are born with hydrocephalus have long-term brain damage, which can cause learning disabilities, speech, vision or memory problems, or epilepsy.
Mother Ernilasari and father Mustafa did not know about their son’s serious illness until he was born by Caesarean section.
