The strengthening ties between Jamaica 🇯🇲 and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 continue to drive meaningful collaborations, the latest being a life-altering medical intervention for conjoined twins Azaria and Azora Elson. After months of uncertainty, their mother, Iesha McMurray, now has hope as her daughters prepare to travel to King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in Riyadh for a separation surgery.
This development follows the intervention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, which facilitated discussions with the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), where the twins have been receiving care. Permanent Secretary Ambassador Sealy Monteith played a key role in the collaborative process, working alongside Foreign Minister @kaminajsmith to strengthen diplomatic ties and coordinate efforts that made this initiative possible.
During a visit to UHWI on March 13, Saudi Ambassador to Jamaica, Dr. Waleed bin Abdulrahman Alhamoudi commended Minister Johnson Smith for her leadership in fostering the strong bilateral relationship that paved the way for this humanitarian effort.
Minister Johnson Smith expressed deep appreciation for Saudi Arabia’s generosity and acknowledged the Jamaican medical team, led by Dr. Celia Christie, for their dedication to the twins’ care.
Dr. Christie has also been invited by Saudi authorities to present at a conference on the twins’ treatment, further strengthening medical collaboration between both nations.
This surgery is made possible through the Saudi Programme for Separating Conjoined Twins. The specialised care for the twins is estimated to cost over US $4 million.
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