First-ever Surgery To Separate Conjoined Twins In Ghana Starts, Video Drops

First-ever Surgery To Separate Conjoined Twins In Ghana Starts, Video Drops

A surgical procedure to separate a set of twins who are joined at the head has commenced at the Greater Accra Regional (Ridge) Hospital.

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The surgery which happens to be the first-ever separation of conjoined twins on the soils of Ghana started on Monday, December 6, 2021.

According to GHOne TV's Evelyn Araba Aidoo who was at the hospital, the procedure started exactly 2:10pm.

Conjoined twins with Nana Aba
Surgery to separate coinjoined twins has begun Photo source: @ghonetv
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Reporting on GHOne TV's primetime news, Araba Aidoo revealed that her checks indicate that the first part of the surgery will take eight hours to be completed.

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