The Odisha Government has commended the doctors of AIIMS, New Delhi for performing rarest of the rare surgery on Jaga and Balia.
ACS Health and Family Welfare, Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra while applauding the rare feat, stated that “on behalf of the Government of Odisha I express my sincere gratitude to the team of doctors and paramedics those who conducted the successful surgery of the conjoined twins of Kandhamal, famously known as Jaga-Balia.”
Writing a letter of appreciation to the Director All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Mohapatra said, “It is one of the rareset of rare surgeries thus making history in Medical Sciences.”
Mohapatra said, “Once again convey my best wishes to all the Members of the Team for their successful future career.” This was the first successful craniopagus conjoined twin separation surgery from India wherein both the children have survived.