Saudi doctors separate Egyptian twins

Published June 26th, 2005 - 04:23 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A Saudi team of surgeons headed by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah announced the success of the operation for the separation of Egyptian conjoined twins.

Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said during a press conference late Saturday night, that the operation for separating the twins, Alaa and Walaa, is a message from Saudi Arabia to the world, that the Kingdom is the Kingdom of Humanity.

He added that this type of operation is the tenth carried out on a directive from Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud.

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