Cape Town – A 41-year-old mother is reportedly doing well after she gave birth to a set of conjoined twins at Jane Furse Hospital in the Sekhukhune district in Limpopo on Thursday.
According to News24, the delivery was through a Caesarean section.
The babies were believed to be the first conjoined twins in Limpopo, the report said.
“The patient, who is a referral from a clinic was diagnosed as a normal twin pregnancy during antenatal clinic visits.
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“It was only during operation that doctors discovered that the babies were joined on the chest and abdomen.The babies were successfully extracted without any difficulties, and transferred to Mankweng Hospital for full and further assessment by both neonatologists and paediatric surgeons,” IOL quoted the provincial health department’s spokesperson Neil Shikwambana, as saying.
The mother was still being treated at the hospital.
Limpopo health MEC Phophi Ramathuba was expected to visit the mother and children on Friday, Sowetan Live reported.
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