Father of newborn conjoined twins appeals for help

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Haifa hospital performs rare separation of conjoined twins

In a first for Israel, doctors remove partially developed twin with no prospect of survival from his fully developed brother, who is in critical condition

In an extremely rare operation, doctors at a Haifa hospital this week successfully separated newborn conjoined twin brothers, it was reported on Wednesday. One of the brothers was only partially developed and had no chance of survival, the hospital said, while the fully developed brother survived the procedure but remained in critical condition.The complex, four-hour procedure at Rambam Medical Center, which the hospital said was the first of its kind in Israel, involved a large team of specialists, many of whom were called in at the last minute. Haifa hospital performs rare separation of conjoined twins | The Times of Israel THis is another recent case where there was a separation with one twin surviving.

 

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HEBRON*: Three-day-old Iman and Amani Palestinian Siamese twin girls from the Breiwesh family lie on a bed in the newborns unit at the Alia Hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron on June 03, 2013. Their mother received permission from the Israeli government to deliver at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital, but the girls were born with one stomach and two hearts connected in one organ, according to Israeli doctors. The woman was warned by Palestinian doctors during prenatal checkups that she had Siamese twins but she refused to terminate her pregnancy because of her religious beliefs. The Hebron-based family now hopes Saudi Arabia will take the girls in charge and determine whether an operation would be an option. AFP Photo. Here I read a lit bit different description of the twin girls condition, this AFP article describes the girls as having two hearts connected in one organ. I had read of another case where tissue around two hearts was shared in a set of conjoined twins.

 

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. A VIDEO of another set of conjoined twin girls, living their lives conjoined as they were born.

 

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. And they were separated.

 

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Conjoined twins heading home for Christmas after successful separation

By*DAILY MAIL REPORTERUPDATED:*10:59 EST, 2 December 2011***0View*commentsConjoined twins who were successfully separated less than four weeks ago are well enough to return home for Christmas, doctors have said.Toddlers Maria and Teresa Tapia underwent complicated surgery to divide their liver and pancreas and reconstruct their abdominal walls on November 8.Now medics say the sisters from the Dominican Republican can leave the Children's Hospital of Richmond today, although they will need outpatient therapy at the centre for a little while longer. Conjoined twins Maria and Teresa Tapia head home for Christmas after successful separation | Mail Online

 

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Delivery at home was a 7-hour nightmare for conjoined twins' mum

Monday, May 13, 2013, 9:00 IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNAMaitri Porecha**In any other case, a mother would have been overjoyed at the sight of her newborn babies, but for Shalu, a chain of miserable events had just kicked off. Delivery at home was a 7-hour nightmare for conjoined twins' mum - Mumbai - DNA. Here is the story of another set of conjoined twins recently born into a family who live in very difficult circumstances. They have a three year old presently suffering malnutrition. It is hard to try to understand why for these situations happening as they are.

 

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. Sometimes, conjoined twins survive and adopt and manage to live productive lives together.

 

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Fatma and Zahra Haidar

Twins' Names:

Fatma and Zahra Haidar

Birthdate:

January 25, 2006

Hometown:

Sadr City, Iraq

Type of Conjoined Twins:

Joined at the chest and abdomen, the girls areIschiopagus/Omphalopagusconjoined twins. They shared the same liver, colon, anus, urinary and genital system and were joined at the chest, abdomen and pelvis.

Separation Date:

December 2, 2006

Separation Location:

National Guard King Abdul-Aziz Medical City Health Complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Separation Team:

The Saudi team, led by surgeon Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, has performed 11 separations of conjoined twins, with a 100 percent success rate.

Status:

Following the surgery, doctors were optimistic about the girls' condition.

Other Info:

The surgery was performed in Saudi Arabia after King Abdullah heard a televised plea from the girls' parents and offered humanitarian assistance from Saudi Arabia despite religious differences. The girls are from a war-torn Shiite section of Baghdad, a place plagued by sectarian violence. Conjoined Twins Profile - Fatma and Zahra Haidar - Conjoined Iraqui Twins. Here is another success story, and it happened to a family living in a war torn country and they were Shiite Muslims. And a Saudi Arabian Sunni Muslim doctor successfully separated these twins.

 

[SherriMunnerlyn]

The stories you read, the unbeatable odds people beat, God is written all over these stories!

 

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22 Dec 2012Successful Separation Procedure of the Saudi Conjoined Twins (Abdullah & Salman)*The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud congratulated the Multidisciplinary Surgical and Medical Team for the successfully separation procedure of the Saudi Conjoined Twins (Abdullah & Salman) and their parents wishing them a good health. The Multidisciplinary Surgical and Medical Team in King Abdulaziz Medical City – National Guard Health Affairs has become internationally acclaimed for the field of separating conjoined twins with Abdullah & Salman being the 31 separation to take place.**The Multidisciplinary Surgical and Medical Team headed by His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah finished the procedure on a successful note in about eight and a half hours.****The separation procedure was conducted through eight stages, it began with full anesthesia then an upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy was performed for both of the twins. Successful Separation Procedure of the Saudi Conjoined Twins (Abdullah & Salman)

 

[SherriMunnerlyn]

Probably, these doctors in Saudi Arabia are this familys best hope, after first turning it all over to God. They cannot expect help from Israel or the US. We live in a world where our very own country and other Nations sees certain others, like Palestinians, even defenseless and needful babies, as simply children of a lesser God. Their welfare and lives do not have the same value to our country ir tgese Nations. That makes me ashamed to be an American, ashamed to be a human being living in todays world. But I know there is one God who loves all of us including these Palestinian babies. And my faith in this God and this knowledge is unshakable. Sherri

 

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The stories you read, the unbeatable odds people beat, God is written all over these stories!

Is He really? Why does He allow these children to be born this way in the first place? And all of them do NOT survive. And some of them, not just conjoined twins, but children with other conditions, suffer terribly.

I struggle with this.

 

[SherriMunnerlyn]

No news about the babies, but I did find an interesting article giving more details about their birth. And I will post excerpts of the article. What stands out most for me is seeing how these babies and their struggle for life brought together Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslims in a hospital in Israel. The walls that divide people in Palestine came crumbling down, as attempts were made to save the lives of these babies. Sherri

 

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Date:*06.06.13**** Author:*Menachem AdoniThe office of the Health Coordinator at the Judea and Samaria Civil Administration received last week a seemingly routine request. Basma (34) from the village "Yatta" in Hebron was in labor and needed emergency treatment in an Israeli hospital. The Civil Administration in the West Bank is used to requests of this kind, but brief inquiry revealed that the Palestinian Basma is carrying Siamese twins conjoined in their bodies in a complex way and that only treatment in Israel will save the embryos.Last Thursday, Basma went for a routine pregnancy follow-up check in a hospital in Hebron. During the examination, the Siamese twins were revealed in the utero. The stunned medical staff at the Palestinian hospital that had never encountered such a rare case, avoided taking risk and immediately referred her to a hospital in Israel.The Civil Administration Health Coordinator, Dalia Bassa, who coordinated the evacuation process and was constantly in touch with the woman and her family, noted that "the incident was unusual and interesting; unlike anything we've seen in decades. Basma and her family were very excited during the evacuation to the hospital and I wish them health".Basma was rushed to "Hadassah" Hospital were a multidisciplinary team of first class experts that included gynecologists and surgeons began the examination and preparation for the complex Caesarean section. "A birth of conjoined twins is extremely rare.* Even rarer is the birth of living conjoined twins where both survive. In the past twenty years, since the beginning of ultrasound test, very few such twins were diagnosed", said the Health Coordinator.After four hours of surgery and nerve-wracking waiting, the doctors came out of the surgery room and announced that the conjoined twins were born successfully into the world, weighing 4,900 kg.Not one in the room could not remain indifferent to the sight of the newborns, who were connected in their upper bodies.Once out of danger, the new mother was also connected in an exciting and unique moment to her two newborn babies. Along with the joy and excitement, the medical staff told the mother that the twins are connected by the heart and chest, and the organs cannot be separated due to the danger to the lives of two babies, and that a better idea of their condition will be accepted from close medical monitoring that will be performed by the doctors. Earlier in the week (Sunday) the mother went back to her home in Hebron with the twins, accompanied by her family, and will continue to be under medical observation in the coming months. . Coordination of Government Activities in the Terri : Siamese twins at the Civil Administration. Siamese twins at the Civil Administration

 

[MHunterB]

Probably, these doctors in Saudi Arabia are this familys best hope, after first turning it all over to God. They cannot expect help from Israel or the US. We live in a world where our very own country and other Nations sees certain others, like Palestinians, even defenseless and needful babies, as simply children of a lesser God. Their welfare and lives do not have the same value to our country ir tgese Nations. That makes me ashamed to be an American, ashamed to be a human being living in todays world. But I know there is one God who loves all of us including these Palestinian babies. And my faith in this God and this knowledge is unshakable. Sherri

The bolded words are not factual. Here is an information link about Hadassah Hospital:
Hadassah - Jerusalem medical center

There are no restrictions on who may be a patient or a doctor or an employee:
http://hadassahold.consistdev.com/English/Eng_SubNavBar/TheDoctors/

Neonatology

The Rosalie Goldberg Department of Neonatology provides care and treatment for more than 11,000 newborn infants born annually in Hadassah's hospitals.

(Hadassah Ein Kerem, Hadassah Mount Scopus).

In each hospital there are maternity wards that treat about 50 healthy babies.

In Hadassah Ein Kerem the neonatal special care unit can provide care for up to 12-14 premature babies and neonates who need increased monitoring because they are underdeveloped or have mild problems.

In Hadassah Mount Scopus the neonatal intensive care unit has 10 beds for premature and full term infants that need intensive care and monitoring for the extreme medical conditions. In addition, there are another 10 beds for premature babies that don't have such severe problems but still need monitoring.

There is no NON medical reason for this family to be unable to get care - the best available! - at Hadassah Hospital if their local hospital can't handle what's needed. NONE.

 

[MHunterB]

No news about the babies, but I did find an interesting article giving more details about their birth. And I will post excerpts of the article. What stands out most for me is seeing how these babies and their struggle for life brought together Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslims in a hospital in Israel. The walls that divide people in Palestine came crumbling down, as attempts were made to save the lives of these babies. Sherri

That is simply 'business as usual' for Hadassah Hospital and I suspect any other hospital in Israel - or the US.

My heart goes out to the tens of thousands of medical professionals whose ethics are being denigrated by the slander bolded above. I have NEVER encountered a single hospital worker who would lower themselves to let any personal prejudice of theirs affect how they fight for a patient's life or recovery.

And I think to myself how terribly sad that those two newborn girls are already being snatched up as pawns in a campaign to attack and demonize entire nations. Never mind *which* nations, just the thought of anyone being so obsessed with politicizing absolutely everything is despicable and abhorrent.