Two months after conjoined twins from Odisha, Jaga and Kalia, were separated through a surgery at AIIMS, Director Randeep Guleria on Saturday said the twins will take another eight to nine months to get discharged as the vital reconstructive surgeries of their skull is yet to be done. Guleria said that while the two had been separated, the grafting of skin on their skull has to be done, after which they would be under observation till their recovery.

"Discharging the two (Jagga and Kalia) may take eight to nine months, as now there has to be lots of reconstructive and re-plastic surgery for the skull of the two babies. "Though the top of the brain has been separated, the top has to be re-grafted with skin, so that may take months. It's a long-drawn process and depends on how things go on," Guleria told IANS.