Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:00:43 +0000 By Edward Mwango In African culture it was considered taboo if a woman gave birth to conjoined or Siamese twins or babies born with birth defects. This was attributed to witchcraft in a culture shrouded in traditional norms and beliefs amid high illiteracy levels. Little did they know that these were natural scientific occurrences which have since been explained in details by doctors and scientists worldwide. Conjoined babies have in the recent past made headlines in Zambia and abroad mostly attracting attention and anxiety regarding the survival of the babies as they undergo an operation. In 2015 a dark cloud hang over the solemn parents of Siamese twins, Chipepo and Cholwe who died at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka where they were referred to for specialist treatment. The babies, born on October 12th 2015 at Choma’s Batoka hospital to Christine Moono and Lasford Musanka shared a navel […]
