Conjoined twins permanently impaired. In 1957, Bertram Katz and his surgical team made international medical history performing the world's first successful separation of conjoined twins sharing a vital organ. Omphalopagus twins John Nelson and James Edward Freeman (Johnny and Jimmy) were born in Youngstown, Ohio, on April 27, 1956. The boys shared a liver but had separate hearts and were successfully separated at North Side Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio, by Bertram Katz. The operation was funded by the Ohio Crippled Children's Service Society. Recent successful separations of conjoined twins include that of the separation of Ganga and Jamuna Shreshta in 2001, who
Ragga Twins Ragga Twins The Ragga Twins, also known as RTC, are an English ragga and jungle duo from Hackney, composed of London UNITY sound system veteran MCs Deman Rocker and Flinty Badman (real names David and Trevor Destouche). They are regarded as pioneers of jungle. AllMusic called them "crucial cogs in the development of U.K. dance music." In 2008, Soul Jazz Records issued a compilation album of their early 1990s recordings entitled "Ragga Twins Step Out". David is the father of Essex-based grime MCs RD (Renae Destouche) and Mr X. The Ragga Twins originated as part of London's Unity sound system,