Conjoined Zimbabwe twins to be separated

Conjoined Zimbabwe twins to be separated

THE twins who are set to undergo life saving surgery to separate them. (Pic CP/Hospital for Sick Children)

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By Agencies

SPECIALISTS from Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children are assessing conjoined twins from Zimbabwe for separation surgery, the hospital announced Tuesday.

The four-month-old twins, Tinashe and Tinotenda, are joined at the abdomen. They arrived at the hospital on Dec. 2, a release from Sick Kids said.

The boys, born in July in a rural part of Zimbabwe, were accompanied to Toronto by their mother and a nurse.

Sick Kids learned of their plight through Canadian physicians who delivered the twins while working in Zimbabwe.

The hospital said that over the coming few weeks, a team led by Dr. Jack Langer, chief of general surgery, will evaluate the twins' medical condition and devise a treatment plan.

The boys are the 10th set of conjoined twins to be treated at Sick Kids.

The hospital's release said it was the only facility able to offer both the expertise and the financial assistance needed.

Assistance is being provided through the Herbie Fund, which has helped more than 450 children from more than 80 countries travel to Sick Kids to receive care unavailable in their own countries.
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