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Conjoined twins scheduled for separation

Doctors will have to ensure conjoined twins Niwa and Dawa are healthy before they undergo surgery.

Doctors will have to ensure conjoined twins Niwa and Dawa are healthy before they undergo surgery. Photo: Children First Foundation

Surgeons will attempt to separate conjoined twins from Bhutan in a landmark operation scheduled for later this week in Melbourne.

The 14-month-old girls Nima and Dawa, joined at the torso, were flown to Melbourne earlier this month for assessment by a medical team at the Royal Children’s Hospital.

“We feel are in a position to give mum her ultimate wish and we will go ahead with the surgery on Friday,” pediatric surgeon Joe Crameri told reporters on Tuesday.

– More to come

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