Surviving Chinese twin improves after separation

The surviving Chinese twin of 11-month-old conjoined girls separated last week is growing stronger but still in intensive care, state media reported Thursday.

Chen Jingni was under the supervision of 20 doctors and nurses and was now able to breath on her own and should soon be drinking sugar water, the China Daily said.

“Helping her digestive system regain function is currently the most important issue,” Wang Yi, an official at the hospital caring for the twins, told the paper.

Jingni had a skin graft to help with the damage from the separation surgery last Thursday. Surgeons used skin from her sister, who died on Monday from organ failure.

The girls underwent almost 13 hours of surgery under the care of 70 doctors and nurses working in shifts.

They shared a liver and a digestive tract and had congenital heart disease.

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