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'Youngest' conjoined sisters separated at Swiss hospital in Bern

 

 

Doctors in Switzerland say they have separated eight-day-old conjoined sisters, believed to be the youngest babies to be successfully parted.

The twins, born in December, were fused at the liver and chest.
Swiss media say doctors had originally planned to separate them when they were several months old but brought the operation forward when they each suffered a life-threatening condition.
The operation reportedly carried a 1% chance of success.
The twins, named Lydia and Maya, were born eight weeks premature at the Inselspital hospital in Bern, along with a triplet who was fully separate and healthy.

The hospital said the twins were "extensively conjoined on the liver, but had all vital organs".
They weighed just 2.2kg (4lb 14oz) together. One of the twins had too much blood, and very high blood pressure, while the other one did not have enough.
A 13-strong medical team took five hours to separate the girls on 10 December.
"Such small conjoined siblings had never been successfully separated before," the hospital said.

This story is from BBC News caught my eye by reading the headline, in a personal way as me and my sister always use the joke 'if both of us cant go then we will pretended we are conjoined twins', however when I started reading it, it was very touching and influential. The article is from BBC news which is traditionally a left wing news source meaning that its bound to be thruthful.