Death is still twins

Doctors in the United States have used a life-sustaining procedure for a brain-dead woman for a month and eventually helped to produce two twin boys.

Christine Bolden had a stroke on March 1 while walking in Detroit, Michigan (USA) with her boyfriend and 3-year-old son. Five days later, doctors declared her death due to an aneurysm. The obituary also recorded, this 26-year-old woman died on March 6.

However, doctors decided to use artificial respirators to maintain life for Bolden's body to save unborn babies.

Christine Bolden while alive. (Photo: Telegraph)

After nearly a month, on April 5, the brain-dead woman gave birth to the twins Nicholas and Alexander in her 25th week of pregnancy. The maintenance of life for Bolden's body was also terminated soon after.

Two premature babies are currently being cared for separately. They weigh less than 0.9kg and are 15cm long.

Dr Cosmas Vandeven, a specialist in high-risk pregnancies at the University of Michigan Hospital, said Bolden's case was "particularly rare" . According to him, 70% of premature babies at the 25th week can survive, but the risk of health problems in the long run is very high.

The Telegraph newspaper quoted the doctor as saying: 'At the moment, the twins are too young for us to make an optimistic prediction'.

Before Bolden, people also witnessed some cases of women being supported to maintain life to give birth.

In 2007, Stacy Rojas, a 34-year-old teacher from Dallas, Texas (USA), gave birth to a healthy girl after falling into a coma because of an aneurysm. The life-sustaining machine for her was officially turned off two days after the baby was born and by that time had been able to support a pregnant woman for a month.

Reference: Telegraph