By Bizwan Kirunda
2nd April 2021
Members of Parliament are expected to recognize 14 medics from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital for the successful operation to separate conjoined twins conducted last month.
The team led by Dr. Joseph Epodoi, the Consultant Surgeon at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital successfully separated conjoined twins comprising one alive and one dead.
The conjoined twins had been referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital but medics there declined to carry out an operation citing high risks to the living twin.
The children were later returned to Soroti, forcing Dr. Epodoi and the team to face a huge task of separating them amidst little resources. After an operation that lasted close to five hours, the team successfully separated the deceased twin sister from the live one.
Peter Busiku, the Principal Private Secretary to the Speaker of Parliament has since authored a letter inviting Dr. Epodoi and the team to Parliament on April 7th, 2021 for the MPs to applaud them.
When contacted, Dr. Epodoi acknowledged receipt of the letter to Parliament on Wednesday.
The conjoined twin-girls were delivered at Amuria District Hospital to Joyce Alinga, a- 21- year- old of senior three who conceived during COVID-19 lockdown.
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