Doctors separate conjoined twins in Abuja hospital

A team of Nigerian doctors has successfully separated a set of conjoined twins at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada.

The doctors, led by Dr Nuhu Kwajafa of the Global Peace Initiatives, confirmed the success of the operation that took them several hours on Tuesday.

 

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Finally separated. We give glory to God for a successful surgery. We still have 800k to go. 80 of us by 10k each, or 800 of us by 1k each. We can do it… Global initiative for peace, love and care. Ecobank A/C 3362017526. God bless.@icsanomi @samira_sheriff @daddyfreeze @elrufaihauwa @maktoubboss

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“We wish to express our profound gratitude, as we say a massive thank you to Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, for his kind-hearted and extremely generous gesture to the successfully separated twins and their family…God bless you, Sir,” Kwajafa posted.

 

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We wish to express our profound gratitude, as we say a massive thank you to Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, for his kind hearted and extremely generous gesture to the successfully separated twins and their family. This wouldn’t have been possible without the Hon Speakers friendly team and Ms Mariam Mohamed @maktoubboss, who drew the attention of the Speaker to our post. God bless you Sir. @rt.hon.yakubudogara @maktoubboss @instablog9ja @hausaroom @buharisallau @oaktvonline

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Spokesman to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hassan Turaki, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that Dogara was moved by the plight of the parents to settle the medical bill.