Creativity saves conjoined twins at Soroti hospital
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A woman gave birth at Amuria Health Centre IV in Amuria District but was referred to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital due to the complications, after failing to get a place at Mulago Hospital
As she turns a year, the child has started walking
Dr Epodoi then spearheaded the operation after establishing that there was a layer of living cells separating the babies and that the twins were surviving on different body organs. The operation which was initially labelled risky and impossible was eventually successfully carried out to the amazement of the entire country. On Friday last week, the ministry conducted a function to recognize the efforts by Dr Epodoi and the team of 13 other medics for the successful operation. During the function, both the hospital board and the ministry of Health awarded certificates of recognition to the tea...
April 21, 2021 A section of Soroti hospital Medics at Soroti Regional Referral hospital have said that the surviving Amuru siamese twin has recovered and is completely out of danger. Last month, the doctors successfully separated a dead conjoined twin from her living sibling. The twins were delivered by caesarean section at Amuria health centre IV in Amuria district in northern Uganda to Joyce Alinga, a 21-year-old who conceived during the long COVID-19 lockdown. But moments after the caesarean birth, one of the twins was found dead while the other was still alive, prompting medics in Amur...