Ngora Siamese twins share some organs, doctors say

Kampala

Doctors at Mulago National Referral Hospital will conduct two more tests to ascertain if the Ngora Siamese twins can be separated.

According to the Mulago hospital public relations officer, Mr Enock Kusasira, two out of the four tests conducted so far indicate that the twins have two hearts, but both are in one sac, are joined at the pelvis and have a single anus.

“The team of experts working on the twins is supposed to conduct four tests. These include the X-ray, Eco, abdominal scan and CT scan. But they have so far conducted the X-ray and Eco,” Mr Kusasira said.
“It is necessary that all these four tests are carried out because these twins are joined from the chest to the buttocks, and this means that we need to establish whether they are sharing some other organs before we can talk about an operation.”

Mr Kusasira said the X-ray also showed that while one of the twins, Adong, had all four chambers of the heart, Apio only had two chambers. Meanwhile, Apio’s legs are joined while her twin sister has both legs.
The twins, born to 33-year-old Faith Noah Atim, who passed on after the caesarean operation, and Mr Misairi Okiror, were delivered from Ngora Hospital on May 4 then transferred to Mulago on May 9.

Mr Okiror said they are in good health and being fed on milk. Mr Kusasira said: “We have not yet thought of an operation because the twins are only 4.46 kilograms, yet the required weight for such an operation is 10 kilograms.”

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