Posted AT 6:59 PM EST on 25/10/06
Conjoined twins delivered in B.C.
Vancouver — They've been born but how will they live?
Twin girls joined at the head were born in Vancouver Wednesday, a medical marvel that only happens once for every 2.5 million births.
That Krista and Tatiana even made into the world makes them special — 45 per cent of conjoined twins die in the womb and the majority of others die within the first 24 hours of life.
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