Doctors at Mulago hospital are reporting steady progress made by the conjoined twins who await an operation to separate them.

Two weeks ago, the doctors announced that the conjoined twins needed to jointly weigh at least 10kgs before the operation can be carried out.

The babies’ mother Rossette Tusiime says the twins now weigh 5.8kgs, up from 5.4 kilograms two weeks ago.

Tusiime attributes the weight increment to constant breastfeeding and the special diet recommended for her by the medical personnel.

Scans carried out earlier revealed that the twins are joined at the abdomen and share the liver.

Medical experts explain that cases of Siamese twins are a result of failure by identical twins to separate at conception stage.

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