Gaza Siamese twins transferred to Saudi hospital: media

AFP

RIYADH- Saudi King Abdullah has facilitated the transfer of Siamese twins from the Gaza Strip to a Riyadh hospital where surgeons will attempt to separate them, newspapers reported on Saturday.
Baby girls Retag and Rittal, born joined at the abdomen a week ago, have been admitted to Riyadh's King Abdul Aziz Medical City where they will be examined by experts, Arab News and Al-Riyadh papers said.

Saudi King Abdullah

The twins, daughters of a man named in the reports as Yasser Abu Assi, were born in Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli blockade since June 2007 and where medical facilities are poor.
Arab News cited Saudi Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah as saying the twins would be examined by surgeons with a view to performing an operation to separate them.
At least 20 such operations have been successfully carried out in the oil-rich Gulf monarchy in the past 18 years, with most of the costs being borne by members of the royal family.
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