8 Limbed baby to be operated in Trichy

8 Limbed Baby to be Operated in Tiruchy

By Express News Service - TIRUCHY

Published: 26th December 2013 08:00 AM

Last Updated: 26th December 2013 08:02 AM
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Dr M A Aleem and Dr D Baskaran checking the baby at MGMGH in Tiruchy on Wednesday | M K ASHOK KUMAR

In what is being seen as a major medical challenge, a baby who was born with eight limbs at a Manapparai private hospital two days ago has been admitted to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) for treatment.

The medical officials were quick to form a team to perform a surgery next Monday. The medicos say that the case is rarest of rare and they are proceeding medical investigation to remove the extra limbs of the baby, who is sick to some extent.

According to officials, the woman, wife of Mamundi of Manapparai had developed labour pain on December 23 and was admitted in a private hospital in Manapparai. During the delivery, she gave birth to a baby boy with octo-limbs and the medical officials referred the case to the Tiruchy MGMGH.

D Baskaran, Pediatrician, MGMGH, said when a diagnosis was done, they found that the baby was affected by ‘Parasitic Pagus’, in which the baby has asymmetric legs and hands, but looked like one limb. “We will perform the surgery to remove the limbs,” he said, adding that the baby should be fine post operation.

Hospital officials said that this is the first case the MGMGH has received in its history. Tiruchy KAPV government medical college, vice-principal, Dr M A Aleem told Express, “One in a million would get this kind of case and it is also new to the MGMGH. A team has been formed to perform the surgery”.

The surgery would be performed under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CCHIS), he added.