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Conjoined Bhutanese Twins Undergo Separation Surgery in Australia

The girls and their mother were brought to Australia in October from Bhutan by Children First Foundation.

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Surgeons in Australia on 9 November began a complex operation to separate 15-month-old Bhutanese conjoined twins Nima and Dawa Pelden.

The girls are joined at the torso and share a liver and possibly a bowel, their doctor said, adding “our challenge will be to reconstruct their abdominal walls to close it over”, the BBC reported.

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