Phulbani: The parents of separated conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia have requested the Odisha government’s help in shifting the children to a hospital in Odisha from AIIMS, New Delhi.
“Jaga has recovered completely while Kalia’s health condition is improving. We request the Odisha Chief Minister and Health Minister to allow us to return home as my father, mother and two other children at our village are suffering a lot due to the financial situation,” said Jaga and Kalia’s father Bhuyan Kanhara.
“If Jaga and Kalia are not permitted to return home, I would like to request the state government to shift them to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack or AIIMS in Bhubaneswar. This would help us to stay in touch with our home,” Kanhara said, adding that he had not been to his village for the last one year and four months.
“The state government is bearing the cost of medical expenses for the treatment of the twins. But we don’t have money to live in a costly city like New Delhi. The AIIMS authorities have already given a green signal to discharge the twins from the hospital. However, we are yet to get a nod from the state government,” Kanhar said.
The two craniopagus twins from Milipada village in Kandhamal district were successfully separated after an 11-hour marathon surgery at AIIMS, New Delhi, by a team of 30 specialists from neurosurgery, neuro-anaesthesia and plastic surgery departments October 25, 2017.
The state government had extended financial aid and other support for their surgery and treatment.
PNN
