Siamese twins born in Webuye

A 30-year-old woman has delivered conjoined twins at Webuye District Hospital in Bungoma county.

The Siamese girls were delivered through cesarean section Thursday and weighed about six kilogrammes.

Hospital Medical superintendent Bitta Ceaser, said the twins are joined at the chest and were not in a good condition but had been stabilised.

He said it was possible the girls were sharing important organs.

“The twins are stable but they need to be airlifted to Nairobi for more observation and specialised treatment. There is a possibility that they share some organs,” said Dr Ceaser.

“I am devastated. I don’t really know what to do. I can only pray that they survive,” she said from her hospital bed.

The mother of four from Namutali village in Milo location, Bungoma East asked well-wishers to help since she was a housewife and her husband was unemployed.

“We can’t afford the cost of an operation to separate the babies. I only pray and hope that the government and well-wishers will understand our plight and help,” she said.

She added that her previous pregnancies had no complications.

“I have never had twins before and we were delighted with the news when I went for a scan,” she said.

Nursing Officer Brigid Walucho, said the hospital has had multiple births in the past few months. She said they did not understand why it was happening.

“We have helped deliver quadruplets, triplets and now conjoined twins in less than two months. It is not common,” she said.

She added that the number of deliveries at the hospital had shot up since President Uhuru Kenyatta scrapped maternity fees in public hospitals when he came to power.

Guards at the ward kept away curious onlookers, staff and other patients eager to see the twins.