A poverty stricken couple in India dream of seeing their two-year-old conjoined twins live separate lives after doctors offered hope of life changing surgery.
Pushpanjali Kanhar, 25, from Kandhamal, in Orissa, eastern India, was shocked to give birth to two boys fused at the head, in a local hospital, on March 9, 2015.
She had no idea there were any complications until she saw her sons, Honey and Singh, were born connected at the cranium.
Scans quickly confirmed they each had a brain and were only conjoined at the tip of their heads.
But after two desperate years of attempting to find an affordable doctor to help, the couple failed and were forced to return home.
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Pushpanjali Kanhar, 25, from Kandhamal, in Orissa, eastern India, was shocked to give birth to two boys fused at the head, in a local hospital, on March 9, 2015.
She had no idea there were any complications until she saw her sons, Honey and Singh, were born connected at the cranium.
Scans quickly confirmed they each had a brain and were only conjoined at the tip of their heads.
But after two desperate years of attempting to find an affordable doctor to help, the couple failed and were forced to return home.
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Now, the Orissa state government has confirmed they will assist.
And the family are due to meet with doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital (AIIMS), in New Delhi, India's capital, for further consultations.
Father Bhuan Kanhar, who works as a farmer earning Rs 1600 a month (£20), tried getting treatment for his boys after their birth but was unable to pay the medical expenses.
Eventually they were forced to take their sons home and wait.
He said: 'After my sons were born I tried to get them treatment.
But my financial condition meant I couldn't afford the costs.
In the end I lost all hope and I was forced to watch my sons live with this condition for two years.'
And the family are due to meet with doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital (AIIMS), in New Delhi, India's capital, for further consultations.
Father Bhuan Kanhar, who works as a farmer earning Rs 1600 a month (£20), tried getting treatment for his boys after their birth but was unable to pay the medical expenses.
Eventually they were forced to take their sons home and wait.
He said: 'After my sons were born I tried to get them treatment.
But my financial condition meant I couldn't afford the costs.
In the end I lost all hope and I was forced to watch my sons live with this condition for two years.'
Carrying them.
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