LASUTH said the conjoined female babies were born at 8:26 a.m. with good APGAR scores and a combined birth weight of 3.8kg.
By Jeffrey Agbo
A set of conjoined twins born on October 5 at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have died.
The hospital’s chief medical director, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, broke the news on Monday to NAN.
The hospital’s management had announced that the twins were born at its Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at an estimated gestational age of 33 weeks and six days.
According to Fabamwo, although the set of twins died, their mother is doing well.
“The nature of their joining was so complex. They are joined from up to down, which is so complex. Moreover, they must have reached a certain age before they are separated.
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“The first twins had congenital heart issues that weren’t compatible with life. When you have abnormalities like that, there are usually other abnormalities in the body.
“She was the first that died on October 15. When it happened, we quickly moved to separate them by assembling a team of multispecialty experts from LASUTH and other hospitals. However, before we could intervene, the second twins died today (October 16),” he said.
Fabamwo noted that the successful birth of the twins was celebrated by the hospital being the first of such at the facility.
The twins were fused at the lower chest and abdomen (thoraco omphalopagus).
LASUTH said the conjoined female babies were born at 8:26 a.m. with good APGAR scores and a combined birth weight of 3.8kg.
