Cape Town – Conjoined twins that were born at Jane Furse Hospital through a caesarean section died in the early hours of Thursday after their condition deteriorated overnight.
In a statement, the Limpopo Department of Health said that health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba had received with sadness the news of the demise of the conjoined twins.
Since their admission to Mankweng Neonatal ICU, specialists from various Clinical disciplines from both Mankweng-Pietersburg Complex and Dr George Mukhari Central Hospital, had been hard at work in persuit of the best possible intervention for the case, the statement said.
The initial set of studies revealed multiple complexities which required appropriate and thorough planning of further management, it said.
“We were hopeful that the scheduled joint academic meeting between specialists from Mankweng Tertiary Academic and George Mukhari Central Academic Hospital would bring the desired results for the future of the twins. Unfortunately the twins could not make it. Our sincere condolences to the family and community at large,” Ramathuba was quoted as saying.
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According to News24, the twins were born on April 7 to a 41-year-old woman.
Initially, the mother was diagnosed with a normal twin pregnancy during antenatal clinic visits. It was only during the operation that doctors discovered the babies were joined at the chest and abdomen.
The babies had been believed to be the first conjoined twins in Limpopo, the report said.
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