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| Doctors in Pakistan say they have successfully operated to save the life of a baby born with six legs due to a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said on Thursday. (AFP Photo) |
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Karachi.
Doctors in Pakistan say they have successfully operated to save the life of a
baby born with six legs due to a rare genetic condition, hospital officials
said on Thursday.
“A team of
five experienced doctors have successfully separated the extra legs and limbs
from the baby today. He is very much safe and secure,” said Dr Jamal Raza, the
director of National Institute of the Child Health in Karachi.
Raza said
it was a case of parasitic conjunction — more than one baby joined together but
only one of them fully formed.
The boy was
born to the wife of an X-ray technician a couple of weeks ago in Sukkur city,
around 450km north of Karachi, and was moved to Karachi for treatment early
this week.
“The extra
limbs and legs were the result of a genetic disease which would affect only one
in a million or more babies,” the doctor said.
Imran
Shaikh, the baby’s father, was thrilled.
“It is
great news for us. What the parents want is to see their kids healthy and
strong. We pray his life remains normal and joyful,” he told reporters.
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