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Mumbai: In an extremely rare surgery, a team of specialist surgeons successfully separated a pair of conjoined twin sisters, born at the B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children in Parel, a hospital official said on Wednesday. The twins were born to a young Mumbai couple on December 21, but were conjoined at the abdomen with a shared liver, lower chest bone, abdominal cavities and possibly the intestines, making their survival chances slim. The couple earlier underwent a sonography test and both parents were overjoyed with the prospects of giving birth to a set of twins. "They approached us with brave determination and lot of hope to bring these two little lives to the world, overcoming all the problems," she said. A team of specialist doctors comprising Head of Paediatric Surgery Dr Pradnya Bendre, plus a neonatologist, anesthesiologists, plastic surgeons, radiologists and cardiac surgeons was prepared for the rare operation to separate the two girls after a 6-hour major surgery on … [Read more...] about Conjoined twin sisters separated in rare surgery at Mumbai hospital

At 3 a.m. Wednesday in misting rain and fog, a deputy dove in a canal to punch out the window of a truck sinking in the water and pull a mother and her two children to safety, Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said. … [Read more...] about Deputy uses ‘brute strength’ to rescue woman, children from truck in Ascension Parish canal

According to APSO Sheriff Bobby Webre - a responding deputy is receiving medical care after punching in one of the windows of this vehicle. @WAFB https://t.co/ibUPTsl7Bh https://t.co/MWVhfytG6U … [Read more...] about 4 rescued, including 2 children, from submerged truck in Ascension Parish: reports

Church of Ireland Archbishop John McDowell said: "I acknowledge with shame that members of the Church of Ireland stigmatised women and children in a way which was very far removed from Christian principles and which resulted in an unloving, cold and judgmental attitude towards pregnant women who deserved better." … [Read more...] about Archbishop ’embarrassed’ over role of church in mother and baby homes scandal

Asked whether the protocols would see guests confined to their rooms, he replied: 'Yes, it does. And that is exactly how our protocols work today. We deliver three meals per day to the door which the occupant comes out and collects those meals and then cleaning is clean sheets and towels waiting outside the room for the person to safely dispose of their previous sheets and change their own to keep the safety and infection protocols high. … [Read more...] about Holidaymakers vow to get around new quarantine rules by driving from Portugal to Spain so they can dodge 10-days isolation in a hotel when they return to the UK

Britain's scientists have led the charge over the last year and provided the world with hope for the future. The NHS carried out the Pioneer trial which in June discovered the first treatment to work against the virus, saving tens of thousands of lives around the world. And a team at Oxford developed one of the first Covid vaccines in record time. While the EU bickers with drug firms, Britain is getting on with its vaccination programme, with more than one in ten adults already immunised. So while the UK has much to regret about the last year, it can look to the future with hope. … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson reveals schools won’t reopen until at least MARCH 8 as he extends lockdown by another three weeks – but tries to quell mounting Tory anger with pledge of ‘road map’ out of curbs