KAMPALA, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The newly born Siamese twins in northern Uganda has undergone surgery after one of the girls died. The surviving twin is in stable conditions after the surgery.

    According to the report of Sunday Vision, doctors at Arua Hospital successfully separated the Siamese twins on Thursday, two days after they were born conjoined at the hip.

    The three-hour operation, the first of its kind at the West Nile regional referral medical facility, was done after doctors were forced to abandon plans to transfer the twins to Mulago Hospital in Kampala following the death of one of the babies.

    "The second child, who was grossly abnormal, had already died by the time of operation and had started to decompose. We had to move fast to prevent any infection from spreading to the live baby," said Charles Olaro, the performing surgeon.

    He said the operation was not complicated because the twins didnot share any major organ.

    Olaro said the first child recovered impressively shortly after the operation and is now admitted in the hospital for a week-long examination. If no complications are identified she will be discharged.

    The mother of the twins, Veronica Driciru, 27, said it was her fourth birth. Their other three children, aged two, five and seven, are normal.

    This was the second set of Siamese twins recorded at Arua hospital since 1999. The previous set was flown to the United States and separated successfully. Enditem