Olufemi Atoyebi, AbujaA conjoined set of twins that had one liver, a protruding tummy and a lower chest were successfully separated, in a 12-hour surgery involving 78 medical personnel, at the National Hospital in Abuja. The twins were both delivered at the Federal Medical Hospital, Keffi, Nasarawa State before they were referred to the NHA. Other organs were separate and normal.”Ameh added that before the surgery, the twins needed to grow well in order to withstand the complex surgery. We cannot quantify the amount spent on the surgery.”It was not the first time that conjoined twins were separated in a similar operation in a Nigerian hospital. On May 14, 2018, a team of surgeons successfully separated four-month-old conjoined twins at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola.

Source: Punch January 07, 2020 23:15 UTC