Baby Born With Two Faces In India

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Doctors say infant with rare condition is doing well

A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday.

The baby, Lali, apparently has an extremely rare condition known as craniofacial duplication, where a single head has two faces. Except for her ears, all of Lali's facial features are duplicated — she has two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes.

"My daughter is fine — like any other child," said Vinod Singh, 23, a poor farm worker.

Lali has caused a sensation in the dusty village of Saini Sunpura, 25 miles east of New Delhi. When she left the hospital, eight hours after a normal delivery on March 11, she was swarmed by villagers, said Sabir Ali, the director of Saifi Hospital.

"She drinks milk from her two mouths and opens and shuts all the four eyes at one time," Ali said.

Rural India is deeply superstitious and the little girl is being hailed as a return of the Hindu goddess of valor, Durga, a fiery deity traditionally depicted with three eyes and many arms.

'Leading a normal life'
Up to 100 people have been visiting Lali at her home every day to touch her feet out of respect, offer money and receive blessings, Singh told The Associated Press.

"Lali is God's gift to us," said Jaipal Singh, a member of the local village council. "She has brought fame to our village."

Village chief Daulat Ram said he planned to build a temple to Durga in the village.

"I am writing to the state government to provide money to build the temple and help the parents look after their daughter," Ram said.

Lali's condition is often linked to serious health complications, but the doctor said she was doing well.

"She is leading a normal life with no breathing difficulties," said Ali, adding that he saw no need for surgery.

Lali's parents were married in February 2007. Lali is their first child.

Singh said he took his daughter to a hospital in New Delhi where doctors suggested a CT scan to determine whether her internal organs were normal, but Singh said he felt it was unnecessary.

"I don't feel the need of that at this stage as my daughter is behaving like a normal child, posing no problems," he said.



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this is the best part:

"She drinks milk from her two mouths and opens and shuts all the four eyes at one time"

:yikes:
 
The dad looks sorta overwhelmed doesn't he?

I don't understand what the :no: face is about though. She has a medical condition :shrug:
 
Poor baby! I feel for the parents too. I don't feel for the dumb villagers though who think this kid is the re-incarnation of Durga.
 
These jokes are awful.

All I'm gonna say is that Lance's Mom is going to have some serious competition in about 15 years.

What the hell is going on in India? Is there something in the water, or do they live near Bhopal? Not too long ago there was that girl who had two sets of arms and legs coming out of her torso. And I hope they held onto that extra shit because they're probably going to be able to do a lot of mixing and matching over there.
 
Zootlesque said:
Poor baby! I feel for the parents too. I don't feel for the dumb villagers though who think this kid is the re-incarnation of Durga.

Similar situation to an six-legged baby born in an Indian village who is now being worshipped as the reincarnation of Kali. Think that kid's doing well, too.
 
^ I think you mean Lakshmi Tatma...they removed all her extra limbs last year. It won't be possible to fix Lali Singh's head though; craniofacial duplication can't be surgically corrected.
 
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Zootlesque said:
Poor baby! I feel for the parents too. I don't feel for the dumb villagers though who think this kid is the re-incarnation of Durga.

:yes:

Poor kid. Hopefully people don't continue to keep worshipping her.
 
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