Sabah hospital achieves milestone with complex surgery separating 28-day-old conjoined twins

Sabah hospital achieves milestone with complex surgery separating 28-day-old conjoined twins

KOTA KINABALU, July 7 — The Sabah Women and Children’s Hospital (HWKKS) in Likas has achieved a historic first after successfully performing a separation surgery on pygopagus conjoined twins, marking a major advancement for specialised paediatric care in the state.The complex procedure was carried out last Thursday (July 2) at the hospital’s main operating theatre by a multidisciplinary team of specialists.Pygopagus twins are conjoined at the lo…