Saudi surgeons separate Tanzanian conjoined twins
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah and his team with the Tanzanian twins following their successful separation.
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Surgeons in Saudi Arabia have successfully separated conjoined Tanzanian twins Anishia and Melanese, media reports said on Tuesday.
The twins were born on January 29, this year, in Kagera Region.
They were taken to the Muhimbili National Hospital in February before being referred to Saudi Arabia.
Dar es Salaam. Surgeons in Saudi Arabia have successfully separated conjoined Tanzanian twins Anishia and Melanese, media reports show.
The Duba-based but Saudi-owned pan-Arab television news channel, Al Arabiya, reported on several hours ago that the twins were successfully separated during an operation that was conducted at the King Abdullah Children’s Specialist Hospital in Riyadh’s King Abdulaziz Medical City.
The report, which has also been posted on the Saudi Gazette on http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/550954, says Saudi Dr Abdullah Al-Rabeeah led the operation.
“This humanitarian program has served many countries in the world, and the Kingdom has, thanks to God, recorded the success of the operation No. 47 in the separation program,” Rabeeah told the Saudi Press Agency.
Speaking to Al-Arabiya from the operation room earlier in the day, Rabeeah said both twins were in stable condition and that medical doctors on their team were optimistic that Anishia and Melanese would have better quality of life after separation.
The operation, which took 13 hours to complete, was carried out via nine phases in which 32 specialists consisting of doctors, surgeons, technicians and nursing cadres participated.
The twins were born on January 29, this year, in Kagera Region.
They were taken to the Muhimbili National Hospital in February before being referred to Saudi Arabia.
