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المملكة: To implement the driving directions … the start of the Burkini Siamese twinning process

In implementation of the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister – may God protect them – the Saudi medical and surgical team for the separation of Siamese twins, this morning, the process of separating the Siamese twins “Hawi and Khadija” began the daughters of Raswatu Sawadogo and the age of 17 months, in King Abdullah Hospital in King Abdulaziz Medical City National Guard in Riyadh.
His Excellency the Advisor to the Royal Court, General Supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works, head of the Saudi medical and surgical team for the Siamese twins separation operations, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al -Rabiah, said in a press statement that the Burkini Siamese twins “Hawi and Khadija” are the daughters of Raswata Suwadogo presented to the Kingdom in early July, and after the twins entered the King Abdullah Specialist Hospital for Children, the medical team conducted accurate and multiple examinations for them He held several meetings through which the twins are attached to the lower chest and abdomen, and they have a participation in the heart membrane, liver and intestine.
And he indicated that due to the size of the adhesion, the medical team decided to equip the twins by plastic surgery specialists to apply balloons to extend the skin to facilitate the process of closing the vacuum after the separation, and the operation is scheduled to take place in 5 stages and take about 8 hours -God willing -, and 26 consultants, specialists, nursing and technical cadres participate in anesthesia, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, and the rest of the specialties Support, noting that this process is one of the accurate operations and its success rate – God willing – exceeds 80%.
He stressed that the challenges facing the medical teams lie in the volume of participation in the intestine and the membrane of the heart, but with God’s success, then with the experience of the Saudi surgical team, it will be successful, God willing.
Dr. Al -Rabiah stated that this process is the number 62 of the Saudi program to separate the adhesive twins, as the Saudi program was able during the 35 -year -old to take care of 146 SIMs from 27 countries from brotherly and friendly countries, pointing out that the Saudi program to separate the adhesive twins has become at the forefront of global expertise and a luxury at the international level in terms of allocating the United Nations a global day for the adherent twins, which is November 24 of each year, which is November 24 of each year, He said: This success did not come without the success of God Almighty, then support and continuous guidance from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince.
The head of the medical and surgical team, Dr. Abdullah Al -Rabiah, in his name and on behalf of his colleagues, extended the members of the medical team thanks, appreciation and gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince – may God protect them – for the generous support received by the Saudi program to separate the attached twins, asking God to grant the twins a speedy recovery, and to return them to their country safely.

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