Saudi Ambassador Hisham Al-Qahtani poses with Hashima Yusoph and her conjoined twins, Philippine Red Cross CEO Richard Gordon, left, and a KSrelief representative, second from right, during a reception in Manila Friday 3 May 2024.  John Louie Abrina
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Saudi Arabia embassy extends medical assistance to conjoined twins

John Louie Abrina

The Saudi embassy is flying Filipino-conjoined twins to Arabia for medical care and surgery.



The royal initiative comes as a part of the kingdom's leadership commitment to concentrate on the global humanitarian initiative — a race where Saudi has had prominent achievements, especially in the field of separating conjoined twins — having performed 60 separation surgeries of patients from various countries.

This is the second time Saudi will be operating conjoined twins from the Philippines, following the successful operation of 'Annie' and 'May' in 2004. | via 📸 John Louie Abrina