Nigerian Doctors Perform Tricky Surgery Despite the Odds

Nigerian Doctors Perform Tricky Surgery Despite the Odds

A team of doctors in Nigeria have successfully separated one-year-old conjoined twins. Lead surgeon Emmanuel Ameh told the BBC the operation to separate Goodness and Mercy Martins at the chest and abdomen took place in November and the two sisters were now well enough to go home. He said the operation, which cost about $55,000, was complicated and lasted for about 12 hours. It involved 78 doctors working in two groups. But the medics at National Hospital Abuja did not charge for their work because the twins’ parents – Michael Edeh and Maria Onya Martins – could not afford the medical bills.

Source – Africa.com