Conjoined Twins Sabah and Farah hospitalized twice in a week

Sabah and Farah Shakeel, the 15 year old conjoined/siamese twins from Bihar, have been admitted to a Patna Hospital in critical condition. This is the second time in a week they have been hospitalized.

A Zee News report cites Dr Shyam Sundar, who has been treating the twins, “Farah has been bleeding from the nose from the past five days with some respiratory tract infection and the blood pressure of both the twins is low. We are still evaluating the cause of the bleeding and a multi speciality team is having a look”.

In April 2013, Supreme Court directed Bihar Government to take care of their Financial and Medical needs. It also ordered Patna Medical College and Hospital to undertake regular checkups of Saba and Farah.

The 15-year-old conjoined twins have been facing a lot of hardship as they come from a poor family. Saba and Farah have been bedridden and are experiencing persistent, acute pain and distress and are neither able to sleep adequately nor get up from their bed.

Their Father Mohammad Shakeel, is a tea stall owner in Patna, had pleaded for mercy killing for his twins in 2011.