Riyadh: A medical team at King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh successfully separated Jamaican conjoined twins on Thursday, November 13, following a highly complex surgery.

The twins, Azaria and Azura Elson, aged two years and one month, were joined at the lower chest, abdomen and liver, with possible shared intestines and pericardium. One of the girls also had severe congenital defects, including a weakened heart muscle with a pumping capacity of just 20 percent.

They had been under specialised care at the University Hospital of the West Indies since birth due to multiple health complications, including congenital heart abnormalities.

The nine-hour surgery was completed in six stages and involved a 25-member multidisciplinary team from nursin

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