Parents joy as doctors separate conjoined twins

Parents joy as doctors separate conjoined twins
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Summary Daniel and Angela Formosa have praised the doctors who helped separate their conjoined twins.

Operation was done the day after they were born in an emergency operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital.When doctors discovered that Angela Formosa was carrying conjoined twins, she was warned that they may not survive the pregnancy.However, against the odds, identical little girls Rosie and Ruby were born alive, joined at the abdomen and sharing part of an intestine.Just a day after they were born the twins underwent emergency surgery to separate them.The surgery at Londons Great Ormond Street Hospital took five hours and involved a medical team of 15 on July 27.It was a great success and doctors say the girls, who are now 12 weeks old, can look forward to a normal happy life.
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