You won't believe what happened to this pair of infant twins!

'This is a rare case scenario and a surgeon would be fortunate to see a couple of cases in his or her lifetime.'

A pair of conjoined twins were born in August this year, weighing a combined 6-pounds, 6-ounces. The girls, Jannat and Mannat, grew a combined weight of only one-pound, 12-ounces over a period of four months, leaving doctors no choice but to separate them.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Jannat and Mannat were born in a private hospital in Barara, India, on August 27, 2015. The girls suffered from omphalopagus, a condition in which a pair of twins are born conjoined.

Following their birth, Jannat and Mannat were taken to a larger hospital, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), to see specialists and receive proper treatment. 

Dr. Ravi Kanojia, the surgeon who led the team, reported births like Mannat and Jannat's are "one in half a million."

"This is a rare case scenario and a surgeon would be fortunate to see a couple of cases in his or her lifetime," he expressed.

Several tests were conducted on the twins and it was discovered the only organ they shared was a liver. 

Though separation surgeries on conjoined twins are usually performed when the twins are at least one-year-old, the girls displayed signs of stunted growth and grew only one-pound, 10-ounces within their first three months.

The slow growth of both Jannat and Mannat spurred Dr. Kanojia to separate the twins sooner, rather than later. 

The procedure lasted over eight hours, where Dr. Kanojia was assisted by pediatrics surgeon Dr. Jai Kumar Mahajan and a team of over thirty  nurses. The surgery, conducted November 23, ensured each child received enough of the shared liver to live normal lives. 

Dr. Kanojia later reported that "While Jannat did well from the beginning, Mannat being smaller of the two had to be kept on ventilator for some time. Mannat also required a minor procedure to remove the abdominal mesh in three to four months. Despite this the twins are recovering well."

Jannat and Mannat's father, Mohammad Saleem, was grateful to the PGIMER staff, particularly because he is a laborer who only earns Ł4 a day and was unable to afford the most basic treatments for his girls.

He said, "The doctors at PGI were my last hope and nobody could have attended the twins better than the doctors at this hospital."

The girls' wife, Sonia, said, "We have been worried about our children for the last three months but God answered our prayers."

Both Jannat and Mannat have been reported to be in stable health and are expected to be discharged from the hospital later today.

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