Quake victim has conjoined twins

A 24-YEAR-OLD woman from quake-hit Kashmir has given birth to conjoined twin girls after a marathon journey from her mountain village to a hospital.

But one of the babies died yesterday and the other was on a respirator, a doctor said.

The mother travelled by car along landslide-hit roads from her mountain village in the devastated Neelum Valley and then by helicopter, before giving birth on Saturday by Caesarian section to triplets. The other child, a boy, and the mother are doing fine.