A first in Mali: conjoined babies successfully separated at the Gabriel Touré University Hospital
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Mali: a first in history, surgeons succeed in separating conjoined twins in Bamako (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
In Bamako, a team from the Gabriel Touré University Hospital, led by Professor Thierno Madani Diop, successfully separated conjoined newborn twins for the first time in Mali, without any foreign team. The Health Minister called it a "real feat".
A first in Mali: conjoined babies successfully separated at the Gabriel Touré University Hospital (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
At the Gabriel Touré University Hospital in Bamako, multidisciplinary medical teams successfully separated conjoined babies born on 29 August by caesarean section. The health minister visited the hospital to commend the feat.
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