Thousands of people thronged the hospital in Brahmanbaria, where she was delivered, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of Dhaka, after news spread of the 'miracle newborn'.In the past, babies born in countries such as Bangladesh and India with physical abnormalities have been viewed as living gods.'The entire town poured into the clinic. There were thousands of people with some of them coming from the nearby villages,' Mr Kawsar said.'It's good that the baby has been shifted to Dhaka. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for us to control the crowd.'Her father, a poorly paid farm labourer, said he was concerned about how he would manage to care for the baby if extra expenses were needed.
The birth of this type of conjoined twins - who develop after a fertilized egg cell fails to divide fully - is extremely rare, with most cases occurring in southwest Asia and Africa.
Source: bomapeters.
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