Egyptian baby girl with two heads dead

Published March 27th, 2006 - 08:20 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

An Egyptian baby girl, who underwent surgery to remove a second head that shared a blood vessel with her brain, died of a severe infection, her surgeon said Monday.

 

According to the AP, Manar Maged, who would have turned 2 on Thursday, died early Saturday, a few hours after being hospitalized with a high fever, said Dr. Naseif Hefnawi, director of Benha Neonatal Hospital. Doctors observed that she was suffering from an infection in her brain, pneumonia and heart trouble, Hefnawi said.