Thursday, July 6, 2023
Saudi team to perform surgery on Syrian conjoined twins, Bassam and Ihsan
Conjoined Syrian twins will be surgically separated Today, according to a statement made on by Saudi medical officials, as per the Saudi Press Agency report. Join Saudi Expatriates channel on Instagram
The operation, which complies with instructions from Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will be carried out under the direction of Advisor at the Royal Court and Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, the General Supervisor of KSRelief (King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center).
- Bassam and Ihsan, conjoined twins from Syria, will be separated by a medical and surgical team at the King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital in the King Abdulaziz Medical City at the Ministry of National Guard in Riyadh. Trending : Saudi Arabia summoned Sweden Ambassador in response of burning Holy Qur'an
- Al-Rabeeah, who is also in charge of the medical and surgical team, stated in a news release that the procedure will involve 26 doctors, specialists, technical, nursing, and support employees and be completed in five phases over the course of 9.5 hours.
- The Syrian twins, who left Turkey on May 22, according to him, are 32 months old and weigh 19 kg collectively. According to the tests the medical staff performed, the twins are united in the lower chest, belly, liver, and intestines.
- The tests revealed that Ihsan was the more dominant twin since Bassam lacked the reproductive and urinary systems (kidneys, ureters, bladder, and male reproductive organs). Most Viewed : Saudi Arabia ranks first in the World in Government Strategy Index for AI
- Ihsan's potential of survival are exceedingly poor because he has significant genetic cardiac problems that shorten his life expectancy and loss in the development of his nervous system.
- According to Al-Rabeeah, the medical staff choose to execute the procedure to separate the twins in order to save Bassam's life.
- According to him, the procedure is the 58th to be performed as part of the Saudi program for conjoined twins, which has since 1990 overseen 130 cases from 23 different nations. See Also : Saudi Arabia wants to build a new civilization for Future
- Al-Rabeeah expressed gratitude to King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for their support of the program to separate conjoined twins.
