Benhaffaf twins leave intensive care

Updated: 16:40, Wednesday, 5 May 2010

The Benhaffaf twins from Cork - who underwent a 14-hour long operation to separate them last month - have left the intensive care unit at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

1 of 1Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf - Reunited in same cot
Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf - Reunited in same cot

Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf are now on a surgical ward.

In a statement, the hospital said the twins are breathing unaided and are being bottle-fed.

It said their medical team continue to be pleased by their progress and recovery.

Their parents, Angie and Azzedine, said in a statement that the boys were reunited in the same cot together for the first time today.

The twins were born conjoined on 2 December 2009 at University College Hospital in London.

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