Twin baby girls born joined at the head in “the rarest form of conjoined twinning” have been successfully separated. The lucky mother, Ntombikayise Tyhalisi, 31, of Cape Town, South Africa, is overjoyed to be returning home with her babies. “I am overjoyed. I wasn’t expecting to leave here holding my children one in each arm,” Tyhalisi said in a statement provided to The Epoch Times by the Western Cape Department of Health. The babies, named Siphosethu and Amahle, were born in the Eastern Cape province. In February, at just 4 days old, the twins underwent separation surgery at the Western Cape’s Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH), the only dedicated pediatric neurosurgery center in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the statement by Western Cape Government. Medically known as craniopagus twinning, the baby girls’ rare connection necessitated a full surgical team for each baby, comprising an anesthetist, neurosurgeon, plastic surgeon, and nurses. Professor Tony Figaji, the head …
One in 2.5 Million Births: Twin Baby Girls Joined at the Head Are Successfully Separated
May 25, 2021
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