Manal and Mirhi were born in Pakistan with an exceptionally rare and life-threatening condition known as craniopagus twins, a form of conjoined twinning in which two individuals are joined at the head. In their case, the girls shared not only a cranial bone but also a complex and intertwined vascular system, which dramatically increased the difficulty of any potential surgical intervention. Births of this type are extraordinarily uncommon, occurring roughly once in every 60,000 newborns, and survival rates to the age when surgical separation is possible are low. From the moment of their birth, the family and medical professionals faced...
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