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Tanzania doctors successfully separate conjoined twins

Doctors conduct a surgery. Doctors at Tanzania's Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam have successfully separated conjoined twins. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  FLORIAN KAIJAGE

Doctors at Tanzania's Muhimbili National Hospital have successfully separated two conjoined twins, marking a first since such operations began at the Dar es Salaam medical facility in 1994.

The two-month-old male twins were separated on Sunday by 10 specialist doctors, among them nine Tanzanians and an Irish.

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