Abandoned by parents conjoined twins succeed in getting jobs as electricians

Sohna and Mohna Singh, 19, Indian conjoined twins abandoned by their parents at two months old have been successfully employed the Punjab State Power Corporation as electricians at a sub-station in Amritsar.

Sohna and Mohna, born in June 2003 at Sucheta Kriplani Hospital in New Delhi,  have two hearts, two pairs of arms, kidneys, and. spinal cords, but they have one gall bladder, spleen, liver and one pair of legs between them. Doctors decided that it was too risky to separate the twins, with the procedure being potentially fatal for one, causing neurological and vascular loss in the lower limbs of the surviving twin.

Medics contacted the Pingalwara Charitable Society, a home for destitute children, and the new borns were taken to their new homes on India’s Independence Day on August 15. The twins enjoyed working with electrical appliances and would try to fix all minor problems related to electricity and electronic appliances in the institution and eventually gained a diploma in electrical studies.  Officials from the PSPCL said they noticed the twins after visiting one of their training sites said: “We found them technically sound and knowing the job well. So, we decided to recruit them under the disabled person quote on compassionate grounds.

Inderjit Kaur chairperson of All India Pingalwara  Charitable Society said: “It is matter of great pride for all of us that Sohna-Mohna have joined the government service”.

The District Red Cross Society has announced they will pay for the cost of Sohna and Mohan’s transportation to their workplace.