Jubilation as Twins Conjoined at the Head Successfully Separated; Their Mum Breaks Silence
- A local mother recently expressed how happy she was after her conjoined twins underwent successful surgery to be separated
- The Siamese twins, who were joined by their heads, underwent the surgery at the Red Cross Children's hospital
- The children were born in the Eastern Cape and taken to the Cape Town hospital when they were only four days old
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Ntombikayise Tyhalisi (31), the mother of Siphosethu and Amahle, twins who were born joined by their heads, recently expressed how delighted she was that her girls successfully underwent surgery to have them separated.
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The surgery took place in February this year at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. The girls, who were born in the Eastern Cape, were transferred to the Red Cross hospital when they were only four days old.
“I am overjoyed! I wasn’t expecting to leave here holding my children one in each arm,” says the young mother in a Western Cape Govt article.
The news quickly spread across Mzansi and soon many locals were sharing the proud mom's news on social media platforms. The news is especially exciting considering that the twins were conjoined by their heads, which is referred to as craniopagus twinning, one of the most difficult to separate, Professor Tony Figaji, head of paediatric neurosurgery at the hospital explains.
“We were fortunate in this case that the connection did not involve any shared brain tissue and didn’t involve major [blood] vessels going from one twin to the other,” says Prof Figaji.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a woman identified as Samuel Bhiologialoaziba Regina finally had every reason to rejoice after she had waited for long 11 years to have children.
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On Monday, March 8, a Facebook user, Tony Adams, said that the woman gave birth to a set of triplets in Bayelsa state.
In speaking with newsmen, the woman appreciated God for turning her sorrow into joy and blessing her with children.
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