Baby with 2 faces born in Pakistan

A baby with two faces was born here at Holy Family Hospital Thursday, The Nation in Pakistan reported Saturday.

The baby, whose weight is 3.2-kg, apparently has an extremely rare condition known as craniofacial duplication, where a single head has two faces. Except for his ears, all of baby’s facial features are duplicated -- he has two noses, two pairs of lips with a cut on upper right lip and two pairs of eyes, according to the report.

Dr. Nasira was quoted by the newspaper as saying said that there are very less chances of the baby’s survival. “We are not hopeful about baby’s life.”

She said that in such medical cases where heads of babies are joined with two lower body parts could be separated thorough operation while in this difficult case, operation is not possible as the faces of the baby are joined very closely.

The birth of baby with two faces caused a sensation in the city as a large number of citizens thronged towards Paediatric Department to have a glimpse of the baby with two faces, the report said.