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Article: Faith survives surgery to separate conjoined twins
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- December 4, 2008
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After one of the most difficult operations attempted on conjoined
twins in Britain, surgeons succeeded in saving one of them.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, where the operation
took place, said surgeons had worked for 11 hours to separate the
Williams sisters, Hope and Faith. But Hope's lungs had proved too
small to support her breathing.
The operation began on Monday morning and was complete by 7pm but
details of the outcome were not released until yesterday. Hope died
early on Monday evening, before the surgery was complete, but the
announcement was delayed because doctors feared Faith might not last
the night.
Hope's death was not unexpected. Born the smaller of the two, her ...