Conjoined twins to get surgery

Wed, 19 May 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SURABAYA: Dr. Soetomo General Hospital in the East Java
capital of Surabaya has received another set of conjoined twins
for separation surgery, doctors said on Tuesday.

Dwipayanti and Dwipayani, twin babies of parents from Sanglah,
Bali, were born on May 1. They were conjoined at the stomach and
chest and their hearts were connected, a condition known as
xypoomphalophagus.

Doctors said they could not guarantee surgery to separate the
twins would be successful because of the twins' health. The
babies were the 17th set of conjoined twins and the third in a
year to be admitted by the hospital. --JP

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