Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday urged Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda to ask the authorities of AIIMS, New Delhi, not to discharge twins Jaga-Kalia till they get fit for home care.
Patnaik wrote the letter to Nadda after the state government came to know that the Department of Neurology, AIIMS, was preparing to discharge the babies unilaterally against the views of the team of specialists from Odisha and despite the request of the state to continue their treatment in Delhi.
Stating that the professional team at AIIMS has conducted an extremely rare and difficult surgery last year in separating the craniopagus twins, Jaga and Kalina, who hail from Kandhamal district, Patnaik said: "Any capacity constraint in their treatment could prove counterproductive to all the serious and committed efforts made by AIIMS, New Delhi till now."
Patnaik informed Nadda that the state government has been regularly sending teams of specialists to AIIMS to review their condition.
"Our specialists have opined that the twins are recovering well but have not yet attained stable health condition on account of their being underweight and neurologically impaired."
"In brief, thw twins have not become fit enough for home care," Patnaik said in the letter adding that the state government is fully committed to bear all medical and related expenses for continuing treatment of the twins at AIIMS.
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