After a painstaking 12-hour surgery involving 78 medical personnel have separated a 16- month conjoined twins at the National Hospital, Abuja.
The twins were both delivered at the Federal Medical Hospital, Keffi, Nasarawa State before they were referred to the hospital.
They had one liver, a protruding tummy and a lower chest were successfully separated.
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said the feat was an indication that Nigerian hospitals were ready to compete with the best in the world.
(TVCNEWS)
