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Baby with two heads dies in Indonesia
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-06 14:31
JAKARTA -- A baby with two heads in Indonesia died on Thursday night at a hospital in Medan, the second largest city in the country, hospital official said on Friday.

The baby had been treated at the Adam Malik General Hospital for 13 days, kompas website Friday quoted announcement issued by the hospital as saying.

Hospital director Azwan Hakmi Lubis said the baby died of heart failure, which eventually halted the baby's blood circulation and troubled the breathing.  

The baby, which was actually a twin, was accepted in late January. The baby, who was later called Marwati 1 and Marwati 2, has two lungs, two legs, one abdomen, one genital and anus, two hearts and two backbones. The hearts and backbones, however, were linked together.