Bodyshock:Born with two Heads
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Bodyshock:born with two heads is a Documentary on a baby called Manar Maged.
The documentary filmed Manar,A baby with an extremely rare medical condition known as Craniopagus Parasiticus.Craniopagus means attached at the head;Parsiticus referring to a parasitic twin.The documentary also filmed the 13 hour surgery. Manar was the second born of the two babies inside her mother, Naglaa, by caesearian section.
Manar Was was given weeks to live. However, Manar survived 10 months. She is the oldest female baby to be born with her condition. But then Manar's vital organs are in danger of collapsing. It's clear that doctors need to operate soon. But the only problem is that no one in the world has ever survived the surgery. After months of reasearch,the operation is scheduled for February 19,2005.
After 13 hours of ground breaking surgery, Manar is succsesfully apart from her twin, who at burial was named Islaam.
Months later Manar begins having fits. Naglaa takes Manar to the doctor,who is concerened at what he sees.
He finds that there is water collecting in Manar's brain,and this has caused brain damage. Although Manar may only live a few more months, Naglaa is determined to make the best of it for Manar.
Production and running time.
The running time of the film was approx.48 minutes. The company that produced the film was Mentorn,and the Executive Producer was Jane Rogerson. Database Development by Sigmer Technologies.
The date of realease was 20-02-2006 on TLC.Earlier,The discovery Channel filmed Manar and called the documentary Born with two heads.
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