Separated Bangladeshi Twin Dies After Surgery: Doctor

A four-month-old Bangladeshi girl has died hours after marathon surgery to separate her from her twin sister, the doctor who led the operation said Thursday.

More than 50 doctors, nurses and technicians were involved in the operation at Dhaka's Bangabandhu Medical College Hospital to separate conjoined twins Banya ("Flood") and Barsha ("Rain").

Four Months Old Conjoined Twins Seperated Successfully!
Four-months-old conjoined twins were successfully seperated by Surgeons in Bangladesh during a seven hour-operation, said a doctor on Wednesday.

Paediatric surgeon Shafiqul Haq said Barsha, who had been on artificial respiration following the surgery, died on Wednesday evening.

"In these cases one of the twins is always stronger than the other and in this case Barsha was not the strong one and has died," Haq told AFP, adding that doctors were hopeful Banya would survive.

"The condition of the other twin is good. She has a little bit of fever. It is too early to determine whether the surviving twin is risk-free."

Bangladesh Surgeons to Separate Three-month-old Conjoined Twins
Surgeons in Bangladesh said Tuesday they were preparing to separate three-month-old conjoined twins despite similar attempts here in the past leading to the deaths of one or both children.

The children, born in northern Bangladesh, were joined at the stomach and chest with separate heads and limbs.

Their mother, a nurse, brought them to Dhaka, where they were monitored for three weeks before doctors decided to go ahead with the seven-hour operation.

Saudi King to Fund Treatment for Moroccan Conjoined Twins
Saudi King Abdullah is to pay for two Moroccan conjoined twins to be flown to Riyadh to establish if they can be separated, the official SPA news agency reported on Sunday.

Three previous operations in Bangladesh to separate conjoined twins in the past four years have resulted in the deaths of all but one child.

Source-AFP
SRM