Mtoto azaliwa na vichwa viwili, kichwa 1 chaitwa Yesu

Msichana Mbrazili mwenye umri wa miaka 25, amejifungua mtoto wa kiume mwenye vichwa viwili.

Binti huyo, Maria de Nazare, amejifungua kwa njia ya upasuaji, familia yake imefurahi.

Kwa mujibu wa madaktari, mtoto huyo ana moyo mmoja, lakini kila kichwa kina ubongo wake.

Kwa kuwa amempata mtoto huyo wakati huu wa Christmas, kichwa kimoja kimepewa jina la Emanoel na kingine Jesus

Soma zaidi hapo chini

A Brazilian woman who has given birth to a baby with two heads, admitted she had initially expected twins.

Maria de Nazare, gave birth by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil's northern Para state, with her newborn weighing 9.9lbs.

And in a tribute to the religious celebrations at Christmas, she has decided to call the pair Emanoel and Jesus.

The baby has two heads but all his organs are functioning healthily.

The mother was said to have found about the abnormality only minutes before he was born

Following the birth of her baby, mother Maria, 25, admitted that she had been told she was set to welcome twins.

But following a number of tests, doctors have revealed that the baby has two brains and two spines but shares one heart, lungs, liver and pelvis.

The hospital's director, Claudionor Assis de Vasconcelos, told Brazil's O Povo newspaper that the woman decided to travel to the hospital because she was feeling strong abdominal pains.

The 25-year-old mother, who lives in a rural area of the state, had no ultra-sound scans during her pregnancy and only found out about the abnormality minutes before the baby was born at 1am on Monday morning.

He said: 'When doctors scanned her they realised that the baby had two heads and that a normal birth would be a great risk both for mother and baby. The caesarean took an hour because the baby was sitting down.

'Despite all the problems we have as a small interior hospital we managed to save both mother and baby, which was our aim. And for us it was a great surprise to find out that the child was in really good health.'

Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital said: 'If both their brains are functioning, how are we going to choose which head to remove?

'We are not considering the possibility of surgery. What we've got to think about at this moment is to maintain the children in good condition and see how they will develop.'

Mr Vasconcelos added that at no point did the mother, who has three other children, appear distraught that her son has two heads

He said: 'On the contrary, the baby was received with much happiness by the family.

'The mother fed both mouths and the baby stayed with her in her room the whole time. Her desire was to take her baby straight home.'