RI twin girls to be separated<\/p>\n
Singapore doctors have concluded it is safe to
\ncarry out surgery to separate conjoined Indonesian twin baby
\ngirls attached at the hip and abdomen, hospital officials said on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
\"Our surgeons, in consultation with a multi-disciplinary team
\nof specialists, reviewed the twins and concluded that it was
\ntechnically possible to separate them,\" KK Women's and Children's
\nHospital said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The statement however did not say when they would carry out
\nthe operation on the one-year-old twins brought to Singapore in
\nFebruary.<\/p>\n
But it said the medical team considered the \"long-term
\nimplications\" of a separation, including whether the twins would
\nbe able to sit or walk and if the family could cope with the
\nrequired care.<\/p>\n
\"We are in the process of contacting the medical doctors in
\nIndonesia to form a working partnership with them for the long-
\nterm care required for the children after they return home,\" the
\nstatement said.<\/p>\n
Doctors at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital carried out
\na medical assessment on the twins after being approached by
\nphysicians from another healthcare service provider, the Parkway
\nGroup, to do a feasibility study.<\/p>\n
They had earlier undergone tests by doctors at Mount Elizabeth
\nhospital which is part of the Parkway Group.<\/p>\n
The twin girls, who were not identified, are joined at the hip
\nand abdomen and have three legs between them, the Straits Times
\nreported. --AFP<\/p>",
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