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Article: SIAMESE TWINS BORN IN LONDON ; Laura, 18, is youngest mother to give birth to conjoined babies ..Girls called Faith and Hope are due to be separated by surgeons .
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 26, 2008
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BRITAIN'S youngest mother of Siamese twins gave birth today at a
London hospital.
Laura Williams, 18, was delivered of the two girls by Caesarean
section at University College London Hospital in Bloomsbury. She has
named them Faith and Hope.
It is understood that a team of surgeons at Great Ormond Street
hospital is on standby to separate the babies who are joined from
their breastbone to the top of their belly buttons.
The girls have separate hearts and it is not yet clear whether
they share any vital organs.
Doctors at the specialist children's hospital will decide if the
complex process is possible or if it will jeopardise their survival.
Edward Kiely is one of Great Ormond Street's ...