RIYADH - The surgical team in the Kingdom of Sogdian Arabia was able to separate the Iraqi Siamese twins, Omar and Ali, who are conjoined in the lower chest and abdomen, and share the liver, bile ducts and intestines, after a complex surgery that lasted 11 hours and was carried out in six stages, in which 27 consultants, specialists and cadres participated. Nursing and technical.
Advisor at the Royal Court, General Supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center and head of the medical and surgical team in the separation of Siamese twins, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, explained that this operation comes in implementation of the generous directives of the wise leadership, and this operation is the 54th of the Saudi program for the separation of conjoined twins. .
He added that the Saudi program was able, during the past 32 years, to take care of 127 Siamese twins from 23 brotherly and friendly countries, stressing the Kingdom's pioneering role in humanitarian work in general and medical work in particular, offering his fellow members of the medical and surgical team sincere thanks for their efforts.