Tofa and Tohura, the conjoined twins who were successfully separated from each other at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), are ready to return home.
Health Minister Mohammed Nasim held a media briefing with their parents Raju Mia and Shaheda Begum present on Sunday noon, reports bdnews24.com.
Shahnoor Islam, a paediatric surgeon at DMCH, said the girls have recovered from their six-hour surgery on Aug 1 and will be taken home in an ambulance.
“They are eating properly, Tofa learnt to sit on her own yesterday.”
But the girls need two more surgeries that will be scheduled following consultations with senior doctors, he said.
The health ministry will arrange a job for Raju Mia, who is currently a farmer, said Minister Nasim.
The ministry has opened an account with funds for the family at Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd, he said.
To avoid infection, Tofa and Tohura were kept inside a room beside the Intensive Care Unit for 20 days after their surgery. They were moved to a cabin after that.
The 11-month-old girls are playful, their mother Shahida Begum said on Saturday.
“They have some minor cuts which is nothing worrying according to their doctors.”
Tofa and Tohura were born on Sept 29 at Sundargaj Upazila in Gaibandha.
The baby girls were joined along their spinal columns and shared the same rectum, which was separated at DMCH, where they were admitted eight days after their birth.
