Overview
- Aruna Rodrigues died at 3:51 p.m. on December 24 at the State Hospital for Children and Adolescents in Goiania, Brazil.
- She and her sister Kiraz were separated in a 19-hour operation on May 10 when they were 18 months old, after being born joined at the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis.
- Kiraz died days after the complex procedure, while Aruna initially improved under specialist supervision.
- After seven months in intensive care, Aruna was moved to a ward and within two weeks developed severe respiratory complications and returned to the ICU.
- Lead surgeon Zacharias Calil and father Alessandro Rodrigues confirmed her death on social media, and the hospital said it provided medical and psychological support and requested privacy for the family.