In a rare medical incident, a baby girl in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior was born with 'four' legs. The baby was born to Aarti Kushwaha at the city's Women and Child Pediatrics Department of Kamla Raja Hospital on Wednesday. After the birth, a team of doctors, along with the superintendent of the hospital examined the infant and declared the newborn as healthy.
"The infant has four legs at birth, she has physical deformity. Some foetuses become extra, which is called Ischiopagus in the language of medical science. When the embryo divides into two parts, the body develops at two places. The lower part, below the waist of this baby girl has developed with two extra legs, but those legs are inactive," said Dr RKS Dhakad, Superintendent of Jayarogya Hospital Group, according to news agency ANI.
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The pediatric department of the hospital is conducting tests on the baby to check for any other deformity. If the tests come out clean, the doctors will perform a surgery on the baby to remove the extra legs.
"Right now the doctors of the Paediatric Department are checking whether there is any other deformity in any part of the body. After examination, if she is healthy, then those legs will be removed through surgery. So that she can live a normal life," Dhakad said, as reported by ANI.
The Superintendent also said, "The baby girl is currently admitted in the Special Newborn Care Unit of the Pediatrics Department of Kamla Raja Hospital. The health condition of the infant is continuously being monitored."
Earlier in March this year, a woman gave birth to a baby with two heads, three arms, and two legs in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam city.