By Marian Faa and Theckla Gunga, ABC
Photo: Supplied / Manolos Aviation
A rare set of conjoined twins are being urgently airlifted from Papua New Guinea to Australia, with doctors recommending they be separated as soon as possible.
Specialists from the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network arrived in Port Moresby this morning to help transfer the babies to Sydney.
The boys, Tom and Sawong, were born two months ago in remote PNG and were airlifted to Port Moresby for treatment.
They are joined at the lower abdomen and share a single liver and parts of their gastrointestinal tract.
The surgery needed to separate them cannot be performed in PNG.
After weeks of tense negotiations and earlier recommendations not to transport the twins overseas, the boys are expected to undergo highly complex surgery afte
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