Surgeons of the Saudi Conjoined Twins Program have successfully separated Moroccan conjoined twin girls Saja and Doha at King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital, part of the Ministry of National Guard's King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh.

Team leader Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, said the procedure lasted six hours and was carried out in six stages. A team of 23 consultants, specialists, nurses and technicians in anaesthesia, paediatric surgery, plastic surgery and supporting fields took part to ensure maximum precision and safety.

According to Al Rabeeah, the girls were joined at the chest and abdomen and shared the membranes of the heart, the liver and the intestines.

It was the fourth separation of conjoined twins from Morocco and the program's 73rd operation. Over more than 35 years, the program has reviewed 159 cases from 28 countries, which Al Rabeeah said underlines the Kingdom's leading humanitarian and medical role, made possible by the direct support of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

On behalf of the whole team, Al Rabeeah thanked the King and the Crown Prince for their generous backing, which he said has turned the Kingdom into a leading global centre in this field, and praised his colleagues for their work.

The twins' family expressed gratitude to the King and the Crown Prince for the care the girls received and commended the medical team's efforts.