RIYADH: Fijian conjoined twins Jesipeli and Di Cecea arrived today in Riyadh to undergo medical assessment at King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital.
Specialists at the hospital will determine whether they can undergo separation surgery, following directives from King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor-general of the Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief, and head of the medical and surgical team of the Saudi Conjoined Twins Program, expressed gratitude and appreciation to the wise leadership for this noble humanitarian initiative.
He said the program was a living expression of the Kingdom’s mission to focus on humanity and life.
He stressed that the Kingdom’s medical excellence, achieved through the Saudi Conjoined Twins Program, and the global leadership it has established in managing the most delicate and complex cases, were the result of a deeply rooted humanitarian vision.
