Pages


Banner 468 x 60px

 

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Parasitic Twin Boy In India | Parasitic twin

PARASTIC TWIN BOY IN INDIA
Eight year old Deepak Kumar Pashwaan from India become finally have a normal childhood 
after his “parasitic twin” has been surgically removed. The boy who became known around 
the world by the nickname “oktopus-boy” is born with partially developed legs and arms of 
his undeveloped twin growing from his chest. The boy was stigmatized for eight years; by 
some he was perceived as an incarnation of God, while others thought of him as the devil in 
the human body. In order to allow the boy to have a normal life, four-hour operation of
removing his undeveloped twin was performed in a hospital Fortis, the Indian city of 
Bangalore in June this year and boy is recovering successfully and begins to live a normal life.