POLOKWANE – The MEC for Health, Dr Phophi Ramathuba will this morning (April 8) visit a 41-year-old woman and her conjoined twins at the Mankweng Hospital.
Health spokesperson Neil Shikwambana said the mother gave birth to the conjoined twins at the Jane Furse Hospital on Thursday (April 7) via Caeserean section.
“The patient, who is a referral from a clinic, was only diagnosed as a normal twin pregnancy during Antinatal clinic visits and it was only during the operation that doctors discovered that the babies were joined on the chest and abdomen.”
Shikwambana said the the babies were successfully extracted without any difficulties and transferred to the Mankweng Hospital for full and further assessment by both neonatologists and paediatric surgeons.
“The mother is well and has also been transferred for further assessment by gynaecologists. More details will be communicated when they become available,” he said.
