A BABY girl remained seriously ill in hospital last night after her conjoined twin died following emergency surgery to separate them.
Hope Williams died on Tuesday night after “one of the most complex and challenging operations” ever faced by medical staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, in London. Surgeons have given her sister Faith a 50-50 chance of survival, and she is still in a stable condition in intensive care.
A Great Ormond Street spokeswoman said: “Faith Williams is a very sick little girl. Great Ormond Street Hospital is doing everything it can for her.”
The twins were joined from the breastbone to the top of the navel and had a shared liver but separate hearts.
The girls’ mother, 18-year-old Laura Williams, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is Britain’s youngest mother to give birth to conjoined twins. The twins’ father, Aled, hails from Anglesey.
Medical staff warned Mrs Williams and her 28-year-old husband that their babies might not survive after a 12-week scan revealed the problem but they refused to consider a termination.
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