The marathon surgery began at 7.30 in the morning and was performed by a 65-member medical team, which included 10 Saudi women surgeons.
The operation was carried out in 10 phases. Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, chief executive officer of the National Guard Health Affairs and chief surgeon of KAMC who heads the surgical team, accompanied the twins to the operating theater.
Mother Emmevena Nyamale handed over the infants to the chief surgeon while her husband, James Akumpu, was standing beside her. Rabeeah briefed the parents on the various phases of the surgery and gave them hope that the operation would be a success.
In response to an appeal made by the parents of the 13-month-old twin girls Phambom and Shefbou, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah issued a directive to conduct the surgery at his expense.
The chief surgeon said following the completion of the surgery the twins would be transferred to the ICU of the pediatric department in the hospital.
Parents of the twins were all smiles yesterday and they profusely thanked the king for the humanitarian gesture.
Since 1990, a total of 12 surgeries for separation of conjoined twins have been performed at KAMC: three pairs of twins were from the Kingdom, two from Sudan and one each from Malaysia, Egypt, Philippines, Poland, Morocco, Oman and Iraq.
هذه الرسالة تفيد بأنك غير مشترك في راحة سنحان. لتسجيل الرجاء اضغط هنـا 
Cameroonian Twins Successfully Separated 
النمط الخطي
