Terengganu Siamese twins die in hospital

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KEMAMAN: Conjoined twins Nur Shazwanie Zulkifli and Nur Shazrinie, who made headlines as the first Siamese twins in Terengganu when they were born more than two years ago, died yesterday at the Kemaman Hospital here.

The twins, who were joined at the chest and shared a heart and liver, died in their mother’s arms at about 10.10am due to heart complications, four days after they were admitted to the hospital following coughing and fever.

Their mother, Noraini Mohamad, 33, said her daughters had been weak since admitted to the hospital, but became active earlier yesterday.

“They even asked for milk, but at about 9am, their heart beat became weaker and weaker and their face and hands turned bluish,” she said when met by reporters here.

Noraini said she was sad, and also were the twins’ older sisters, aged eight and nine, but they were happy to be able to care for them for more than two years.

The twins were buried at the Kampung Bukit Kuang Muslim cemetery at about 3pm yesterday. — Bernama