Nigerian conjoined twins Hassana and Hasina underwent separation surgery by a medical team of 35 specialists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Conjoined Nigerian twins, Hassanah and Hasina
have been successfully separated after a 14-hour operation in Saudi Arabia.
Born on January 12, 2022, in Kaduna, Hassana
and Hassina, shared an abdomen, pelvis, liver, intestines, and urinary and
reproductive systems.
According to Arab News, an 85-member specialist
medical team successfully completed seven of eight stages of the surgery at the
King Abdullah Specialist Hospital for Children in King Abdulaziz Medical City.
The conjoined twins and their parents were
airlifted to Riyadh on November 9, 2022, on the approval of the King to conduct
their separation at the expense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Before the operation began, the leader of the
surgical team, Dr Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, an advisor to the Saudi Royal Court and
supervisor-general of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Cente said the
operation would include eight stages.
Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian initiatives have
previously assisted with 130 cases of conjoined twins from 23 countries over a
period of 33 years, and Hassana and Hassina will be the 56th set of twins to be
separated as a result.
Nigeria’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Yahaya
Lawal, thanked the leadership of the Kingdom for their kind humanitarian
gesture extended to these conjoined twins.
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