Siamese twin dies after 18 hour 外科 to separate her from sister

  • Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete died last night after her 組織/臓器s failed
  • Her sister, Maria Paz, is still fighting for her life six days after 分離
  • Twins were born linked by thorax, stomach and pelvis

A baby girl who was surgically separated from her conjoined twin in Chile has died, the director of the children's hospital where she was 存在 扱う/治療するd said today.

Hospital director Osvaldo Artaza said Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete passed away last night 予定 to general 組織/臓器 失敗.

Doctors separated her on Tuesday from her twin sister Maria Paz, who continues to fight for her life. The 10-month-old twin girls were joined at the thorax, abdomen and pelvis.

Tragic: Roberto Paredes, right, kisses his daughter Maria Jose, one of two conjoined twins after she was separated from her sister Maria Paz at the Luis Calvo Mackenna hospital in Santiago, Chile. She has since died

悲劇の: Roberto Paredes, 権利, kisses his daughter Maria Jose after she was separated from her sister Maria Paz at the Luis Calvo Mackenna hospital in Santiago, Chile. She has since died

Maria Jose ran a greater health 危険 予定 to cardiac problems which had 要求するd her to be 生き返らせるd three times since the 外科.

Doctors at Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital had separated Maria Jose and Maria Paz in a マラソン, 20-hour 外科. It was the seventh and most コンビナート/複合体 操作/手術 yet for the twins.

Maria Jose ran into cardiac problems that 要求するd her to be 生き返らせるd th ree times afterward, and Maria Paz remains 粘着するing to life, said hospital director Osvaldo Artaza.

Chileans have closely followed news about the girls, with updates about their 条件 making online and newspaper headlines.

Survivor: Mr Paredes and his partner, Jessica Navarrete, right, look at their daughter Maria Paz after the surgery. The 10-month-old twins were joined at the chest, stomach and pelvis

生存者: Mr Paredes and his partner, Jessica Navarrete, 権利, look at their daughter Maria Paz after the 外科. The 10-month-old twins were joined at the chest, stomach and pelvis

Mr Artaza said the 外科 影響する/感情d all of the 死んだ girl's 組織/臓器s, and 追加するd that, while 'recognising the delicate 明言する/公表する of Maria Paz, we are 希望に満ちた'.

'We are conscious that we made every 成果/努力,' he 追加するd. 'It's a moment of 深い 苦痛, of 深い grieving.'

The twins were born in the town of Loncoche, about 470 miles south of the 資本/首都 Santiago, and had spent their entire lives under hospital care.

Before the operation: Conjoined twins  Maria Paz and Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete are seen prior to a surgery to separate them in Santiago, Chile

Before the 操作/手術: Conjoined twins Maria Paz and Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete are seen 事前の to a 外科 to separate them in Santiago, Chile

They underwent seven 外科s before Tuesday's 手続き, in which 25 外科医s and anaesthetists 参加するd.

The Chilean twins 現在のd a 特に difficult challenge because they were born 株ing many of the same 内部の 組織/臓器s and even urinary system.

によれば the University of Maryland 医療の Centre, about 35 per cent of conjoined twins 生き残る only one day, while the 全体にわたる 生き残り 率 runs between 5 per cent and 25 per cent.

Doting parents: Ms Navarrete, right, and Mr Paredes kiss their daughters before their marathon, 20-hour surgery

Doting parents: Ms Navarrete, 権利, and Mr Paredes kiss their daughters before their マラソン, 20-hour 外科

Stable condition: Maria Paz and Maria Jose are in stable condition and resting in the intensive care unit at Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital (pictured)

Stable 条件: Maria Paz and Maria Jose are in stable 条件 and 残り/休憩(する)ing in the 集中的な care 部隊 at Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital (pictured)

About one out of every 200,000 live births 世界的な results in conjoined twins, によれば 統計(学) from the centre.

A hospital 声明 said Maria Jose had 苦しむd 'a 欠陥 in the 権利 味方する of the heart as a consequence of pulmonary hypertension that afflicted her since her birth'.

The 声明 said Maria Paz was in a stable 条件, with her 腎臓s starting to 機能(する)/行事.

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