KARUNA SHINSHO, ASIA TONIGHT: Twin sisters from Nepal born joined at the head are resting in a Singapore hospital after surgery. Doctors successfully separated the infants in an operation that took more than 90 hours. Lisa Gurevitch has more details.</s>LISA GUREVITCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The surgery was only supposed to last at most 40 hours. But after nearly 100 painstaking hours, the result was worth the wait. Eleven-month-old twins Ganga and Jamuna merged from Singapore General Hospital's operating room alive and well and, for the first time in their lives, separately. The surgery to split the twins, who had two brains intertwined in one skull, was deemed necessary for survival. Doctors said the parents were extremely relieved.</s>DR. KEITH GOH: We spoke to them this morning, when Jamuna came out, and they are very emotional. All three - both the parents and the grandfather broke into tears. I guess waiting for five days is hard for anyone, you know, for something like this, so they are a bit fragile at the moment.</s>GUREVITCH: The parents were able to afford the operation through public donations, and doctors who volunteered their services. Teams of specialists, relying on a battery of high-tech tools, took short breaks and worked in shifts to complete the surgery. It is very rare for twins to be conjoined at the head. The odds are about one in two million. Successful surgery is even rarer. The twins will be closely monitored for the next few days. Lisa Gurevitch, CNN.
Nepali Twins Successfully Separated During 90-Hour Surgery