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Separated twins to walk out of hospital

Bhutanese twins Nima and Dawa will take their first steps in public as separated girls when they leave a leading Melbourne pediatric hospital on Monday.

The twins are recovering well from their operation at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.
The twins are recovering well from their operation at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Source: Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

Separated Bhutanese twins Nima and Dawa will take their first steps in public as individual girls as they leave a Melbourne hospital where their lives were changed.

The 15-month-old sisters will leave the Royal Children's Hospital on Monday with their mum Bhumchu Zangmo after successful surgery on November 9.

The sisters had spent their lives joined at the torso prior to the operation.

Lead pediatric surgeon Joe Crameri is also expected to explain what treatment the girls will receive moving forward.

They are expected to travel regional Victoria with their mother to continue their recovery at the Children First Foundation's Kilmore retreat, before going home to their family.

The foundation helped bring the girls and their mother to Australia for the surgery.

The girls and their mother arrived in Australia in October but waited weeks for the surgery while twins built up strength.


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