Thanks to India's first 'craniopagus surgery', two twin brothers linked to Sir were separated three years ago. Among them, a child named Kalia died on Wednesday evening. A doctor at the hospital said that he died in the government-run Sriram Chandra Bhanja (SCB) Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
Dr. Bhuvanananda Maharana, an emergency officer of the hospital, told that Kalia was undergoing treatment in Trauma ICU. In October 2017, the twins were separated at the 'All India Institute of Medical Sciences' (AIIMS) in New Delhi. After two years of observation and treatment, he was transferred to the SCB Medical College, Cuttack in September 2019.
Dr. Maharana said that Kalia, one of the separated twins, died of septicemia and shock on Wednesday. Dr. Maharana said in a statement, his condition had deteriorated in the last seven-eight days and on Wednesday the situation became more serious. He died today despite all efforts by doctors. A 14-member team of doctors was treating him.
Jagga and Kalia were born with interconnected brains and skulls. This condition was known as craniopagus. The two brothers were born in the Kandhamal district of Odisha through the normal delivery of a tribal mother.
He was admitted to AIIMS on July 14, 2017, and had his head severed after a series of surgical procedures. His head separation surgery was done in two major stages. The first surgery was performed on August 28, 2017, lasting 25 hours. At the same time, the second phase of surgery was done on 25 October 2017. It is now claimed that this is the first successful separation of craniopagus twins in India.