Smiling toddler twins Nima and Dawa are ready to leave their temporary Aussie home for a new start as individual girls in Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five months after they arrived in Melbourne as conjoined 15-month-olds, the adorable tots have been given the medical green light and are due to jet to their Himalayan home on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Surgeons at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital successfully separated the girls during a lengthy and risky procedure in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They had been joined at the torso and shared a liver and the procedure involved up to 25 surgeons, nurses and anaesthetists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a short stay in hospital, the twins recovered at a retreat run by the Children First Foundation, with staff describing the pair as cheeky and happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Wednesday, the girls made their first public outing, appearing as star guests for the foundation’s 20th anniversary at Melbourne’s Government House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the event it was announced that the girls and their mother will fly out of Australia on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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