RIYADH: Eritrean conjoined twins Asma and Somayya Jaafar Abdo arrived in Riyadh with their parents on Sunday.
On arrival at King Khalid International Airport, they were taken to King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital at the Ministry of National Guard for tests and to study the possibility of separating them surgically.
Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center and head of the medical team Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah thanked the Saudi leadership for the humanitarian initiative, which he said reflects their care for people in need around the world.
The parents of the twins expressed their appreciation to the government and people of Saudi Arabia for the warm welcome and hospitality they received on arrival in the Kingdom, and their confidence in the capability of the Saudi medical team which has a distinguished record in cases such as this.
