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Nigerian siamese twins separated in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru, Dec 20 (IANS) Six-month-old siamese twins from Nigeria, James and John, were separated at a private hospital here, its doctors said on Wednesday.

“The twins, who were joined at the upper part of their abdomen, were successfully separated, giving them a new lease of life,” the Narayana Health City said in a statement.

The goal of the corrective surgery was to achieve a safe separation of the children and to have no disability in either of them, the hospital said.

“The operation was done by an interdisciplinary team consisting of six surgeons, six anesthetists, four anesthetic technicians, six nurses among others,” said the head of Paediatric Surgery Department, Sanjay Rao, in the statement.

For James and John, barring liver, all other organs such as intestines were separate.

“The liver was carefully divided along the anatomical planes and the twins were separated,” the hospital said.

After the surgery on November 24, the twins have made a rapid recovery and are in a position to live their lives independently, it added.

Siamese twins are rare, occurring once in nearly 100,000 births. Taking birth from a single embryo, the twins have a low survival rate as internal organs are shared between the two.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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