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SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Joyce Alinga, a resident of Aujongor Village, Obalanga Sub-County in Kapelebyong district conceived during the covid-19 lockdown in 2021. The 21- year- old of senior three students gave birth to conjoined twins in Amuria Health Centre IV in Amuria District by cesarean section. Looking at …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The conjoined twins separated at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital are in good health. The twins that were joined on the umbilical cord were separated on Friday last week by a team of eight medics. Halson Kagure, the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Public Relations Officer, says the twins …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The medical team from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital that conducted a successful separation of conjoined twins in March has been recognized once again, this time by the Ministry of Health. A team of medics led by Dr Joseph Epodoi, the consultant surgeon successfully separated conjoined twins …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital has denied sending away a helpless grandfather of conjoined twins, after failing to separate a dead twin from another who was still alive. The twins were born through Cesarean section more than a week ago at Amuria hospital. At birth, one …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of medics at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital has successfully separated conjoined twins, one of whom had died at birth. The team led by Dr. Joseph Epodoi, the Consultant Surgeon, entered the theatre at 11:00am Friday to conduct the complicated operation that lasted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A set of conjoined twins who were recently born in Lyantonde district has been referred to Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) for a specialised heart assessment. The seven-day-old baby girls who were born in Lyantonde General Hospital last week share the chest umbilical cord and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | According to Mulago Women and Neonatal Hospital, the pair of twins that was referred from Arua Regional Referral Hospital cannot be separated Doctors at the Mulago Women and Neonatal hospital have refuted claims that they sent away a pair of conjoined twins due to failure …