KOTA KINABALU, July 7 -- The Sabah Women and Children's Hospital (HWKKS) in Likas has achieved a historic first after successfully performing a separation surgery on pygopagus conjoined twins, marking a major advancement for specialised paediatric care in the state.

The complex procedure was carried out last Thursday (July 2) at the hospital's main operating theatre by a multidisciplinary team of specialists.

Pygopagus twins are conjoined at the lower back, specifically the sacrum, and may share parts of the neural tube, lower digestive tract and genital organs.

The twins, premature baby girls born at 32 weeks from a rural area in Sabah, required early intervention due to critical complications affecting one of them, including heart pr...