Tough days ahead for separated conjoined twins

DOCTORS in Utah completed reconstructive surg- ery on one of two formerly conjoined twins yesterday after a 16-hour operation separated the girls, born fused at the midsection.

Four-year-old Maliyah Herrin was recovering in a paediatric intensive care unit while plastic surgeons continued to build an abdominal wall for her sister, Kendra.

The twins had shared a liver, a kidney, a pelvis, one set of legs and part of their intestines.