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Heart and Soul: The Right Thing: The inseparable twins

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Marieme and Ndeye

24/04/2020 GMT

The inseparable twins

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BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, The Right Thing, The inseparable twins

Ibrahima faced a terrifying choice - to separate his conjoined twins or risk losing them

Ibrahima faced a terrifying choice - to separate his conjoined twins or risk losing them.

Senegalese twins Marieme and Ndeye were born sharing much of their bodies, and doctors advised that an attempt to separate them would be fatal for Marieme. But Marieme’s heart condition put both twins in danger. Mike Wooldridge hears from Ibrahima, now in the UK, who had to face an impossible dilemma - whether his daughters should be separated.

(Photo: Ibrahima with Marieme and Ndeye)

Heart and Soul: The Right Thing

Powerful stories of people making some of the most difficult choices imaginable.

Mike Wooldridge returns with a new series featuring powerful stories of people who have had to make some of the most difficult choices imaginable in order to do what they felt was the right thing. His guests include Ibrahima Ndiaye, a Senegalese Sufi Muslim whose wife gave birth to conjoined twins, and the Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong who looks to his Christian faith for inspiration.

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