Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Angola: Siamese Babies Joined By Abdomen in Cazenga District Hospital

Cazenga — Siamese twin babies of female sex joined by the belly were born last Friday night in Cajueiros Hospital, in Luanda's Cazenga District.

According to the midwife who was in service at the mentioned health unit, Teresa da Glória, the children were born through a caesarean operation with 5.510 kg and they are in good health.

She said that the newly born babies will be transferred to Luanda Paediatric Hospital, where the surgery might take place.

The mother of the siamese twin babies, Rosa Loide, who is 22 years old, is in good health as well.


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