Sister Agnes Mukulu and Ms Caroline Mukiri assist Favour and Blessing to cut a cake as they marked their fourth birthday at St Theresa’s Mission Hospital, Kiirua in Meru County on September 4, 2018. The twins, initially conjoined, were separated in a historic surgery at Kenyatta National Hospital in November 2016. PHOTO | DAVID MUCHUI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Ms Mukiri recounted her gruelling journey that started on the day she gave birth to the twins at the facility.
The medics recounted how they rushed against time to ensure safe delivery of the babies.
Baby Blessing Kathure and Favour Karimi, who were separated at the Kenyatta National Hospital in a landmark surgery last year, celebrated their fourth birthday at St Theresa’s Mission Hospital, where they were born.
It was a joyful reunion for medics, the mother, Caroline Mukiri and the girls who left the hospital with their spines and lower back fused but returned separated.
