One thing, they do not cry very loud. The babies were born joined at the head. Other than that abnormality, they are in as much good health as could be expected of babies that size, said the nurse. But it s the very fact that they are joined that makes them special. Dr. Y. Kulasekera, Paediatric Surgeon at Lady Ridgeway Hospital said that it looks like the children do not share any brain matter but are joined by their skulls.
Conjoined twins are a rare occurrence.
In Sri Lanka, the last case of Siamese twins were reported in November, 1996. These two girls, Sandamali and Piyumali, born to poor parents from Wathupitiwala, died of heart arrest just days prior to their journey to America for the operation that would have separated them. They were joined at the chest and abdomen sharing vital organs like the heart, liver and certain parts of the digestive tract. But Baby A and B from Akurana will also have to undergo complicated surgery if they are to live normal lives. These operations are notorious for their low success rate.