An operation to separate Hassanah and Hussaina, conjoined Nigerian twins, is ongoing in Saudi Arabia.
The twins, who were born in January 2022 at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, are conjoined at the abdomen, pelvis, liver, intestines, urinary and reproductive systems and pelvic bones areas.
They were moved to the National Hospital in Abuja, where they stayed for about eight months without undergoing surgery due to lack of funds.
The government of Saudi Arabia, however, offered free surgery to the family.
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Hassana and Hussaina, accompanied by their parents, arrived in Saudi Arabia on December 8, 2022, on an air medical evacuation plane.
They were transferred to King Abdullah Specialist Hospital for Children under the ministry of national guard.
According to Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, and leader of the surgical team, the operation is expected to last for 14 hours and will take place over eight different phases.
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He said a team of 35 doctors, medical experts and nurses are participating in the procedure.
The fourth stage of the separation has reportedly been completed successfully with the twins in stable condition.
Successful Fourth Stage of Separation Surgery for Nigerian Conjoined Twins, Now in Stable Condition. #EKHNews_EN
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Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian programme has separated 55 conjoined twins from several countries in 33 years.
Hassana and Hassina’s case is the 56th.
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