Doctors at Al-Hadbah Hospital, Tripoli have
successfully separated Siamese twins in one of the rarest
surgeries in Libya.
The hospital administration said the two-hour long
separation surgery took place on Wednesday, October 5,
and was conducted by Libyan surgeons. The 39-year old
mother was admitted to Al-Hadbah Hospital on September
30 to undergo a delivery operation for twin babies.
During the operation, the doctors were astonished to find the
twins were conjoined at the stomach and chest, and that
their livers were attached to each other. The delivery
operation took one hour and the mother was allowed to
leave while the twin boys were kept at the Newborn Care Unit
for the separation surgery.
Their health condition is stable now and they are expected
to leave the hospital in the next few days, doctors confirmed
