The boy who gave birth to his twin.

Date:
2003
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Description

Documentary telling the story of a 7-year-old Kazakhstani boy called Alamjan, on whom doctors performed surgery, discovering that this child's twin was growing inside him. His family had thought that his seriously distended stomach was caused by rickets or a hernia, but surgeons thought it was a cyst and operated. What they found inside was a living being: Alamjan's twin, who, instead of growing in their mother's womb, had become trapped inside Alamjan's body while they were still foetuses.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : Channel 4, 2003.

Physical description

1 video cassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sound, color, PAL.

Notes

Broadcast 8 Dec 2003.

Creator/production credits

Produced by Julia Harrington, Executive Producer Viv McGrath.

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