May 23, 2023

The family of co-joined twins namely Hassana and Hasina has expressed gratitude to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Saudi Monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for the support in helping to separate them.

The Siamese twins Hassana and Hasina were successively separated by 35 consultants, specialists, nursing and technical personnel at King Abdullah Specialist Hospital.

The 14- hour successful operation took place on May 18 under the humanitarian auspices for Children of the Saudi Monarch at King Abdulaziz Medical City of the National Guard in Riyadh.

The co-joined twins were born in Kaduna, Nigeria on Jan. 12, 2022, and they shared the abdomen, pelvis, liver, intestines, urinary and reproductive system, and pelvic bones.

Mr. Aliyu Abdulmalik, the uncle of the separated co-joined twins told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that the surgery was God’s handiwork.

He thanked the Nigerian Government for the technical support and also the Saudi Monarch for the financial support.

“We thank King Salman and the Prince for catering for us from the day we arrived Saudi Arabia.

“We were given first class treatment from December 8 that we arrived till the day of the operation, this operation is supposed to cost N36 million but it was done free,” he said.

Abdulmalik commended the Saudi programme for the separation of Siamese twins for their expertise in the surgery.

He said that they had supervised 130 cases from 23 countries over 33 years and separated 55 cases, making Hassana and Hasina, the 56th case. (NAN)