Life-saving intervention: Dr Siva Kumar (centre) shedding light on the medical procedure during a media briefing at IJN Kuala Lumpur. Also present are Dr Hasri (left) and Paediatric Cardiologist (Intensive) Consultant Dr Khairul Faizah Mohd Khalid. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Heart Institute (IJN) has created yet another milestone in a heart-related procedure when it successfully performed the first arterial switch surgery on one of the two conjoined-twins, who were successfully separated in March.
IJN’s Paediatric and Congenital Heart Centre department head Dr Hasri Samion said Aleesha Hana and her healthier conjoined twin sister Aleeya Hana, were born on Feb 19 this year in Sabah.
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