Doctors are now observing the condition of the twins before deciding what to do. :'(
On 3 March, a Cambodian mum gave birth to conjoined female twins with one body and two heads, who they are struggling to survive.
The infant weighs 15lbs with only one of the head movable and is being fed via tubes. They are receiving all-day care provided by medical staff in the remote Siem Reap province in Cambodia.
Their mum Ket May, 35, who feels extremely upset and is now recovering from her c-section. She didn't know the conjoined baby before it was born because she could not afford a £10 ultrasound scan.
"My feelings are confused. Yes, I'm happy to have a baby girl but I am distressed, too. I do not know if she will survive. We don't know what to do," she said.
Doctors helped Ket to do a c-section when the infant was born feet first. Ket and her husband Kam Sary, 40, are staying at Bopha Children's Hospital with the baby.
The father said, "I want to be happy but I am also upset. I don't know why this happened. The baby is not strong."
The parents of three revealed that not only them, villagers at where they are living has limited access to normal prenatal checks because those checks are unaffordable to them.
Doctors are now observing the condition of the twins before deciding what to do. Around one in 200,000 babies are born conjoined. About 40-60% of them got stillborn while 35% survive only for a day.
A hospital spokesman said, "The baby has a very weak heartbeat. The mother is also exhausted from the birth. She is also shocked."
The birth of the baby shocked people at the hospital since they had never seen this or dealt with the condition before.
The conjoined is not allowed to be taken home and the hospital said they will be cautious about the health of the girl and wait for specialists.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino.
Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, had originally been convicted in May 2023 of incitement to commit a felony.
She had been leading a strike that began in December 2021 to protest mass layoffs and alleged union-busting at the NagaWorld casino in the capital, Phnom Penh, and was arrested and charged after a January 2022 demonstration of dismissed employees who were demanding to be rehired,
NagaWorld in late 2021 had fired 373 employees amid financial struggles related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Some dismissed workers continue to hold regular protests, appealing for Chhim Sithar to be released and for them to get their jobs back, Am Sam Ath of the rights groups Licadho said Friday. More than 200 others had accepted compensation under the labor law and dropped their demands, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training announced in December 2022.
Supporters of Chhim Sithar gathered outside the Supreme Court on Friday with banners calling for her release on appeal. The court also upheld the convictions and sentences of eight of her fellow union members. Five received sentences of 1 1/2 years each. Three others had been given suspended sentences of one year each.
Chhim Sithar could be released later this year when her prison term ends due to time already served before her conviction.
NagaWorld is owned by a company controlled by the family of Malaysian billionaire Chen Lip Keong. The company received its casino license in 1994 and the property is now a huge integrated hotel-casino entertainment complex.
Labor union actions had not been rare in Cambodia but usually had taken place at factories in outlying areas or in industrial estates in other provinces. The protest by the NagaWorld workers in the capital was unusually high-profile and drew police action that was sometimes violent.
In February last year, the U.S. Department of State named Chhim Sithar among 10 recipients around the globe of its annual Human Rights Defender Award. She was described by U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy as “a courageous and tenacious labor union leader who peacefully advocates for the rights of Cambodian workers.”
FILE - Supporters hold a portrait of NagaWorld's union leader Chhim Sithar during a protest in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on May 25, 2023. Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday May 3, 2024 upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino. Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, had originally been convicted in May 2023 of incitement to commit a felony. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
FILE - Supporters of NagaWorld's union leader Chhim Sithar hold a protest in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on May 25, 2023. Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday May 3, 2024 upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino. Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, had originally been convicted in May 2023 of incitement to commit a felony. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
