Ganga undergoes surgery

July 20, 2002
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Ganga Shrestha  underwent a four-hour successful surgery Thursday at a Singapore hospital to repair a cleft palate three months after a landmark operation to separate her from her twin sister Jamuna, reports from the island said.

They were joined at the head; Siamese twins joined at the head occur only one in five million births. They are expected to live normal lives after returning home in weeks.

Surgeons operated for a marathon 96 hours to separate them. Singaporeans paid for the rare operation.