'It was all very calm': conjoined twins Nima and Dawa separated in Melbourne

Mother ‘very relieved’ after 15-month-old girls from Bhutan underwent surgery at the Royal Children’s hospital

Surgeons have successfully separated conjoined 15-month old sisters Nima and Dawa following almost six-hour surgery at the Royal Children’s hospital in Melbourne on Friday.

The head of paediatric surgery, Dr Joe Crameri, led the operation and said “the best part of the surgery is there were no highs and there were no lows” during it. “It was all very calm … there was calm discussion and banter,” he said.

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