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孟加拉联体女婴康复出院

Two Bangladeshi girls, who up until last month were joined at the head, have left hospital.

到上月为止,头部尚连在一起的两名孟加拉联体女婴,现已康复出院。

Trishna and Krishna were taken to Australia when they were very young
Trishna and Krishna were taken to Australia when they were very young

The twins made a much better recovery than expected from the marathon马拉松式的 operation which separated them.

The former conjoined twins联体双生儿 Trishna and Krishna have amazed doctors at the hospital in Melbourne where they were being treated.

Both are now finding their feet, a change from their old habit of crawling round the floor.

The twins were born with their brains fused together融合, and were given only a 25% chance of both surviving the operation to separate them.

But they have amazed medics with their resilience弹力,恢复力 and recovery, following last month's 32-hour operation.

Doctors decided they were in good enough health to leave hospital to celebrate their third birthdays, their first as separate children.

Brought to Australia two years ago, having been discovered by aid workers in a Dhaka orphanage孤儿院, the girls are now expected to lead long and happy lives.

It is believed they survived the operation without any serious neurological神经病学的 damage.