King orders separation of conjoined Gaza twinsPublished: , 2010
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered treatment and surgery for the separation of Palestinian Retag bint Yasser Abu Assi and Rittal bint Yasser.
The birth of the twin babies in Khan Yunis recently is the first of its kind in the occupied territory and the hospitals there are ill-equipped to handle the situation, which is due in large part to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip that prevents the free import of medical and food supplies to the walled-off, densely populated territory.
The babies will be brought from Gaza Strip to the National Guard‘s King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency on Friday.
Al-Rabeeah thanked the king for the keen interest taken in this .
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THE HOLY SINNER. Apr 3, 2010 14:49
If only words could do justice to the praise of the King. I so pray for his good health and long life. I was so sure he would take care of this.tenderheart Apr 3, 2010 22:15
I will pray that all goes well for the twins. Your King blesses the world with his wisdom, and generosity. I am pleased! I continue to pray for all Arab nations, especially Arabia, Palestine, and Jordan.
Aisha C. Apr 4, 2010 12:1
May ALLAH continue to bless King Abdallah for his generous heart and knidness-ameen. I have nothing but good words and thoughts when I think of His Royal Highness.Annie Apr 4, 2010 12:27
Why don't they go to Israel to do the separation? Israel performs the most serious medical operations for Palestinians, like the Save a Child's Heart program. The best aid for them is also the closest. I'm sorry to say that chances are much more likely the twins will survive if the operation is done in Israel.
Michael Apr 4, 2010 15:57
Yes, they should have gone to Israel. I'm sure that they would have received much better care and their chances for survival would be much high. I'm sure Israel's medical care is vastly superior to all Arab countries.
Conjoined Gaza twins arrive in Saudi for surgery
First known pair of Palestinian conjoined twins arrives in Saudi Arabia for separation surgery 10 days after birth. Operation to be funded by Saud King Abdullah
Associated Press
Published: 04.06.10, 19:12 / Israel News The first known pair of Palestinian conjoined twins arrived in Saudi Arabia Tuesday for separation surgery 10 days after their birth, overcoming a particularly Gazan string of obstacles including a blockade, squabbling governments and even holidays.
In the end, on Tuesday, Egyptian authorities authorized a rare opening of the country's Rafah crossing with Egypt so the girls, their parents and a medical team could cross. From northern Sinai, a special Saudi medical plane whisked them off to Saudi Arabia, where Saudi King Abdullah will foot the bill for their operation.
Khaled al-Marghalani of the Saudi Health Ministry confirmed the twins had arrived and were on their way to the National Guard Hospital in the capital Riyadh.
The two girls, Rital and Ritaj, were born in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis on March 27, joined at the chest and sharing small intestines. Each girl has her own heart, lungs and other organs, increasing chances they'll be able to survive separately, said doctor Ayman Abu Amouna, who oversaw their care in Gaza.
TV footage of the twins in the Gaza hospital shows them sleeping face to face, each in her own diaper, one with an arm around the other's body.
Rital and Ritaj, to undergo separation surgery
Mohammed al-Kashif of Hamas Health Ministry in Gaza said the girl's birth sparked curiosity across Gaza and that doctors from around the territory came to examine the rare condition they had read about in textbooks but never seen.Al-Kashif said the girls were the first conjoined twins on record in the Palestinian territories. Spokesman Omar Nasser for the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry in the West Bank concurred.
Rival Palestinian governments have ruled the two territories since the Islamic militant Hamas seized Gaza from forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving him in control only of the West Bank. Attempts at reconciliation have failed.
Israel and Egypt imposed a strict blockade Gaza after the Hamas takeover, harming the territory's health services and making it hard for patients to travel for treatment. Israel says it lets sufficient humanitarian products, including medical supplies, into the territory.
Kashif said Gaza's Health Ministry asked the Saudi Embassy in Egypt to facilitate the twins' travel. The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank issued passports for the girls and their father on Saturday but couldn't send them to Gaza, because Israel was observing the last Sabbath of the Passover holiday and offices were closed, said Health Ministry spokesman Omar Nasser.
The West Bank and Gaza lie on opposite sides of Israel.
The passports reached Gaza on Sunday, but the family couldn't travel on Monday because of a holiday in Egypt, Nasser said.
Further complications arose because Egypt has minimal contact with the Hamas government in Gaza, preferring to deal with the Palestinian Authority.
On Tuesday, following Saudi intervention, Hamas facilitated the twins' transfer to the border, which Egypt opened especially so they could cross.
Tuesday afternoon, they boarded a special medical plane chartered by Saudi King Abdullah. In Saudi Arabia, chief surgeon and Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia will perform the surgery, paid for by the king, said Ahmad Mohammed al-Sedairi, Saudi ambassador to Egypt.
Gaza conjoined twins die in Saudi
Apr 10, 2010 at 20:02RIYADH - Two-week old conjoined twins born in the Gaza strip died in Riyadh on Saturday after doctors said their condition was too delicate to operate, a Saudi official said.
Frail health and bacterial infection killed Ritaj and Rittal Abu Assi, Health Minister Dr Abdullah al-Rabeeah announced in a statement published by the official SPA news agency.
The twins were born in Khan Yunis on March 27 joined at the chest and sharing a defective heart and other organs.
They were sent to the King Abdulaziz Medical City's special conjoined twins centre on Tuesday for a possible separation operation.
But after examining the twins, doctors said a day later that their organs were too damaged and their health too critical to undertake the operation.
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Apr 10, 2010
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