Hope, gratitude as Saudi doctors prepare Filipino conjoined twins for surgery

MANILA: As two-year-old conjoined twins Olivia and Gianna Manuel prepare for separation surgery on Thursday, their parents are filled with hope that it will give them a childhood and life like other children. Born in Nueva Ecija in the central Philippines in April 2024, the girls are joined from the chest to the abdomen, a condition known as omphalopagus. They were accepted into the Saudi Conjoined Twins Program in July last year, when their mother reached out to the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center.

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