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Niceeee.
But it's already old. Came out since last year or so.
Mehn can't believe 2019 has gone so far already

Why not jonathan vs osibanjo

A conjoined set of twins that had one liver, a protruding tummy and a lower chest were successfully separated, in a 12-hour surgery involving 78 medical personnel, at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Speaking during a briefing held to announce the successful operation, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the feat was an indication that Nigerian hospitals were ready to compete with the best in the world.

The twins were both delivered at the Federal Medical Hospital, Keffi, Nasarawa State before they were referred to the NHA.

The minister said, “This is a demonstration of excellent team work, which also shows that with confidence in the health sector, we can do great things in Nigeria. “One of the reasons why some Nigerians travel abroad for treatment is because they lack confidence in the health sector. They believe that we do not have specialists and the required medical equipment to handle to handle sensitive cases, but this case has shown that we have the expertise. No foreign aid was involved in the surgery.

“The ability of these experts to work together means that we can stand up to many international hospitals, as far as advanced surgery is concerned. This is a complex one involving conjoined twins with one liver.”

The leader of the team that performed the surgery, Prof Emmanuel Ameh, said the twins had to be monitored for 15 months before the separation was done.

He said, “We received the twins on August 14, 2018 and quickly constituted an inter-disciplinary team, including pediatric surgeons, cardiac surgeons, plastic surgeons, nurses, imaging experts, dermatologists and other experts from various medical disciplines, as well as support staff.

“One of the major challenges was that the twins came with their intestines bulging out of the lower part of the tummy, which we quickly resolved.

“We also needed to determine if they could survive separately after separation. We found out that they had two separate hearts that were normal, but with a common cover. They also shared the lower half of the chest and there was only one liver serving the two of them. Other organs were separate and normal.”

Ameh added that before the surgery, the twins needed to grow well in order to withstand the complex surgery. He noted that nutrition and infection control were critical in the preparation.

He added, “We celebrated their first birthday in the ward still conjoined. The surgery was performed on November 14, 2019. By that time they were 15 months-old. A total of 78 medical staff was involved in the 12 and a half hour surgery. We even planned to spend 48 hours, if there was a need for it. After that, the twins spent a week at the Intensive Care Unit before they were taken to the ward.”

Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Jaf Momoh, said at the event that the parents of the twins would have spent more than N20m if they could afford travelling abroad, adding that the hospital took care of all the bills.

He said, “The cost of running a hospital is enormous. The average electricity bill of the National Hospital is about N19m every month. That is why we collect money. “We took it upon ourselves to mobilise resources and invest it on the twins.

If the parents had the means, they would have gone abroad like some other Nigerians and spent at least an equivalent of N20m in foreign currency. It is cheaper doing the surgery here. We cannot quantify the amount spent on the surgery.”

It was not the first time that conjoined twins were separated in a similar operation in a Nigerian hospital. On May 14, 2018, a team of surgeons successfully separated four-month-old conjoined twins at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola.

Also, the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital on June 11 2018, announced that it has separated a conjoined twins referred to the centre from the St. Mary Catholic Hospital, Gwagalada, Abuja.

Culled from the punch: https://punchng.com/78-medical-officers-separate-conjoined-twins-in-12-hour-operation/

i want to believe the US envisaged all possible consequences before plunging out

Nigerians have always had alternatives. But you all prefer those 2

Businessmanure:
It would be sad if Nigerians do not alternative apart from PDP and APC in 2023.

It would be very sad.

will never? dont they have already?

i really feel for those daughters because this will reman with them a long time.

But seriously, this kind of daftness and stupidity still exists

While I don't have a problem with someone dating a househelp as they're 1st human beings, come to think of it, what if she's all of that because she has some ulterior motives? Is that how she is with all your sister's male guests or just her male relatives or just you?

Growing up, we had one like that. She was generally nice to everyone. But to this my particular uncle, she was EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA. She wouldn't mind cooking 100 different foods in a day for just him. Yet on a normal day making lunch was a big deal for her. He later left though and I believe nothing happened.

Like someone earlier said, you should know your sister's reasons. You should also be very careful. Sometimes you can't predict these people. You can be genuine but are they?

kai mallam. ya ke haka?

Danzazzausambo:
Am pretty sure the dude LL did not make heaven for amalgamating Northern and Southern Nigeria . Banza Mutum.

OMG! look at our leaders of tomorrow

1st of all how does this have 1005 likes?

simonlee:
simple trick....

use a strange number to forward a text to your phone that reads "i will give you N20million and an oil company job if you divorce your wife and marry me"...
then see if she wouldn't go back to factory settings!

2ndly, since her family is obviously not helping, I think u should invove another figure she respects to talk some sense into her. Probably your pastor or an elderly friend. It's possible she just got carried away and let everything get into her head.

Nawa o! But these weren't siblings now, talk more of twins.

karika2018:
This is a new era and we must embrace change .....

Beyonce was bigger than destiny child........

Omarion was bigger than B2K

Sisquo was bigger than dru hill

kcee was bigger than kcee/fresh

Tuface was bigger than plantation boys

kci/jojo was bigger than jodeci

Micheal jackson was bigger than the jackson 5

bobby brown was bigger than new ediition

Justin timberlake was bigger than N'sync

Wizkid was bigger than EME and BANKY W

world's GREATEST?
hmmmmmm!
orishirishi!

Congrats to him.

But seriously on which of the Lagos roads do they drive all these cars?

This is sooo sad
May God comfort and strenthen the wife and remaining sibling
Pls the psychologic treatment should continue. They'd really need it.

But why was there no lifeguard yet they opened the pool to visitors? Are they supposed to know
I'm sure if they even did know, they wouldn't have entered the pool

wow. are u fulani?

EMMNIG:
I totally disagree with your u, plaiting of hair at tender age is good for a girl child, because it prepares the child for the challenges that is attached to the future especially pains during labour. In my culture it is assume that a female who cannot bear the pains of plaiting can't as well bear the pain of labour. Thanks

surgical:
Aboderin and Stella damasus came to mind

why

Tried watching but none of them kept me spellbound.
The only ones that did were jennifer's diary and rok tv's ojukwu
and since they're not here, ur list is biased

i think if you snap the head it will be easier to recognise

they have different shapes of head

Unfortunately, these are real human beings, people's loved ones, that have now become just numbers/statistics. This is really sad. May God help us.

So FRSC, is this an increase or decrease from last year? What are your plans to reduce this going forward?

Monalisa Chinda was divorced but has already remarried

Faber:
Okay...o

Madam...so u got a 9yr old son...and u dey run up nd dan dey drag preek with small small girls

2 things that keep amazing me...
1) why Nigerians dey shout 2023 up and down as if na 2 weeks coming
2) why beautiful ladies dey always end up as single moms...Tonto Dike, Juliet Ibrahim, Steff Don, Monalisa Chinda, Jenny Nnaji, Linda Ikeji etc

Dis one way ur son wear Messi 4 top u wan Messi to show u love...chai so sorry...Messi no dey play ur type of league.

he should now
i think she's divorced

ekaette1621:
I HOOE THAT THE INNOCENT CHILD KNIWS WHO HIS DAD IS.

good job op
u really tried.
Didn't know each state has coat of arms
thought it was just slogans they all had.
Also, I thought only Benue had a flag, even though I didn't see it here,
Because they're the only ones I know who use the same color in all their weddings.
But why is this so? anyone
Anyway we learn everyday

so she's even a mother. hmm

princeFAD:
I will advise your sister to be very careful wherever she goes. She should take her security very serious. Her friend is enbittered already and she could go extra miles to hurt or try to eliminate your sister. It may be advisable if you report her to the police. Let them inviter her and warn her. This will stop any evil plan she might have for your sister

Honestly. This is what I feel is most important. not just ignoring her. I may be exagerrating but i hope she does nothing to mess up the wedding. ur sister should take her security very seriously. both physically and spiritually. her friend is desperate, bitter and jealous. there's no telling how far she can go with all of that

But she'd have to test all of them 1st one by one to know if they can shift her womb, then date or marry them. just wow!

hmm. its not by that o. look at yahaya bello of kogi.

Brandstudio01:
That's what will happen the moment we start bringing in Fresh & Young Minds into important positions in this country
Just take a moment and imagine what would've Became of a Company like Facebook if the Brain Behind it was an Old Head.
But unfortunately enough both the electoral Bodies & Voters in this country doesn't think the Destiny of their unborn children is important to them


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laaaaawd! I cant believe I still have all these names in my head

WOW!!! thank you for starting this thread.
I used to think I was the only one. yours is even better. I can't wake up before 7am!
infact the 7am is not to get up from bed, but to wake up to snooze the alarm till like 7:15, 7:30am.
there's nothing I haven't tried too: multiple alarms, loud alarms, telling siblings to wake me up, etc.
The alarms are loud enough to wake other people and disturb the whole house, yet me that sleeps beside the phone doesn't even blink.
I sleep very deeply too. I dont wake up in the middle of the night for anything.
when i try to sleep without alarms say on weekends, irrespective of how early i sleep, i don't wake up before 9am!
last night i slept past 2am but woke up 10:30am(was free today)
i really envy those who can say they'd wake up by 3/4/5am for whatever and they actually do. coz me, never.
i wont say its depressing, but its really sad and bothers me a lot.

.....To those mocking because they don't have this problem, i know u can't fathom why its a problem for us. but well it is. why gloat if you cant help? we already know its a problem right? that's why we're here. the kind of things that give some people joy tho. smh
.......To those trying to understand and give suggestions, thank you very much.

Please how can one watch the live show from in the abroad? Can't believe I won't be able to watch bbn this year

GOD IS FAITHFULL!!!
I'm a silent reader here. In fact Just started following this thread 4 days ago. My interview was yesterday morning.

Below is my transcript: **it's long o.
She asks for my passport and I give her both passport and i20.
VO: so ur going to jhu. Did you get a scholarship or??
Me: no. My parents and aunt are funding.
She then asks for the financial documents and i gave her.
She asks for what my parents do while going through them. Starting with my dad's.
VO: he didn't have much in the account initially.
Then she scans it through to the end and says ok.
VO: How much do you have?
This threw me off balance as I wasn't expecting this kind of question since I'm not sponsoring myself.
Me: emm, I have a car that costs about... **she interrupts
VO: no how much do you have in the bank
Me: about 600k
Wasn't sure whether to mention a very high amount or lower. Didn't know which would favor me.
VO: when was the last time you went to the US
Me: last year
VO: what did you go there for
Me: went to check out some of the schools i wanted to apply to like Emory and uc Berkeley.
This is actually true. Including for vacation though. Didn't mention that.
VO: so were you accepted by those schools
Me: yes
VO: really
Me: yes
Wanted to bring out the acceptance letters then she said never mind.
VO: which other schools were you accepted into
Me: besides the above, Tulane
VO: tulane? Wow. **she nods
VO: so why jhu
Me: because besides the fact that it's currently the best school of Public Health in the world, it's program is shorter, then I'm at liberty to customize my degree the way I want it, especially for those of us whose interests don't fit precisely into their concentrations
VO: So what are those interests
Me: i love infectious diseases and... ** she interrupts smiling very heartily
VO: u love infectious diseases
Me: **smiling back over heartily. Yes and reproductive health
VO: so what will you do when you return
Me: I just explained something on health in Nigeria... Can't remember exactly.
Then about my documents, I couldn't hear her well, but what I could pick was
VO: I'm giving this to our fraudulent bla bla team. If anything fraudulent is found in the accounts you'd be barred from entering the US for life. Are you giving me the permission to go ahead?
Me: no problem. It's fine
VO: assuming there's no fraud in them, here
She gives me 2 white papers.
A smaller one with congratulations on your student visa bla bla bla
A bigger one with how to retrieve my passport.

See ehn it was just God. Someone was denied for Stanford University. Another for Boston. One for glaring health reasons. All denied.
Couldn't pay attention to more than these coz I was busy working on my nerves before my turn. I was shivering, my heart was racing and my teeth were cluttering.

I'm extremely grateful to God and to you nairalanders. God answered my prayers and You guys were very helpful. Thanks.