Terengganu Siamese Twins Rinie And Wanie Pass Away In Mum's Arms
35-year-old Zulkifli Ngah and his wife had a dream to let their conjoined daughters be separated. But 2-year-olds Rinie and Wanie had to leave before that dream could be fulfilled.
Conjoined Twins Nur Shazwanie Zulkifli and Nur Shazrinie, Passed Away In Their Mother's Arms
KEMAMAN: Conjoined twins Nur Shazwanie Zulkifli and Nur Shazrinie, who made headlines as the first Siamese twins in Terengganu when they were born more than two years ago, died on Monday at the Kemaman Hospital here.
thestar.com.myThe twins, who were joined at the chest and shared a heart and liver, died in their mother’s arms at about 10.10am due to heart complications, four days after they were admitted to the hospital following coughing and fever.
theborneopost.comThe 2-Year-Olds Were Suffering From Heart Complications
Zulkifli, 43, said the twins were admitted for four days because of fever and breathing difficulty. They failed to recover.
nst.com.myTheir mother, Noraini Mohamad, 33, said her daughters had been weak since admitted to the hospital, but became active earlier Monday.
"They even asked for milk, but at about 9am, their heart beat became weaker and weaker and their face and hands turned bluish," she said when met by reporters here.
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sinarharian.com.myWanie And Rinie Had Just Learnt To Call "Mummy" And "Daddy"
ZULKIFLI Ngah had hoped there would be a way to let his 2-year-old conjoined twin daughters to be separated. However, they died yesterday and he accepted it as fate.
nst.com.myZULKIFLI Ngah, 43, says "I feel as though my life has been taken away. They had learnt to call me and my wife 'daddy' and 'mummy'."
nst.com.myThe Girls, Who Were The First Siamese Twin In Terengganu, Shared A Heart And A Liver
Doctors Had Previously Predicted They Would Only Live About 2 Years To 30 Months
Zulkifli said he had contacted the specialist from the National Heart Institute, who had treated his daughters after learning they had heart complications.
nst.com.my"The doctor who had treated them when they were 4-month-old said they could only live about 2 years to 30 months."
nst.com.myThe Twins Have Been Laid To Rest
Noraini said she was sad, and also were the twins’ older sisters, aged eight and nine, but they were happy to be able to care for them for more than two years.
The twins were buried at the Kampung Bukit Kuang Muslim cemetery at about 3pm yesterday.