THE conjoined twin girls who underwent separation surgery at the Children’s Hospital (Yangon) have now reached the 19th day after their operation, and both children are in good health and are now able to move around happily as separate individuals.

The twins were born to a 31-year-old mother from Pakokku by caesarean section at the Central Women’s Hospital (Mandalay) on 8 January 2024. Following their birth, they received continuous medical care under the guidance and support of the Ministry of Health at Mandalay Children’s Hospital and Yankin Children’s Hospital. They were transferred to the Children’s Hospital (Yangon) in January 2026. The separation surgery was successfully performed on the twoyear-and-five-month-old female conjoined twins on 11 June by the professors, specialists and nurses from Children’s Hospital (Yangon), Yangon General Hospital, 550-bed Children’s Hospital (Mandalay) and North Okkalapa General Hospital. Myanmar has now successfully carried out a total of nine conjoined-twin separation surgeries at the Children’s Hospital (Yangon) and three at the Children’s Hospital (Mandalay). — MNA/KTZH