India: Separated twin 'opens eyes' four days after surgery

Picture released by the hospital two days after the historic surgery

One of twin Indian young men who were conjoined at the head has opened his eyes four days after memorable surgery to isolate them, a specialist says.

Two-year-old Jaga has additionally reacted to straightforward charges, including moving his appendages. He is on a ventilator and needs day by day dialysis because of kidney issues.

His sibling, Kalia, isn't yet cognizant and has endured seizures.

The young men were conceived with shared veins and mind tissues and it took 16 hours of surgery to isolate them.

A group of 30 specialists did the operation - the first of its kind in India - at a state-run healing facility in the capital, Delhi.

Both young men are steady and specialists are happy with their advance up until now, Professor Deepak Gupta, who was associated with the operation, told the BBC.


Doctors say they are happy with the twins' progress


The twins before the surgery to separate them

The twins, who are from a town in eastern Orissa state, were joined at the head - a condition known as craniopagus.

Indeed, even before the operation they had crushed the chances - craniopagus happens in one of every three million births, and half of those influenced kick the bucket inside 24 hours, specialists say.

The primary surgery was performed on 28 August when the specialists made a sidestep to isolate the mutual veins that arrival blood to the heart from the cerebrum.