Month: October 2017

ODISHA, INDIA - JULY, 04, 2017: Two-year-old conjoined twins Honey (right) and Singh (left), pictured at their residence in a village in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, India.

Honey and Singh are joined at the head but have separate brains in a condition known as craniopagus. The twins were born at a local hospital in the Kandhamal district of Orissa, on March, 9, 2015. Several scans were taken of their head which confirmed that the twins have separate brains despite being joined at the tip of their head.

With government help the twins will be referred to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi for further check-ups and follow-up action.

Photography by: Cover Asia Press / Sadasib Patra

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