BABY WITH 4 LEGS BORN IN MADHYA PRADESH

A woman in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district has given birth to a baby girl with 'four' legs, piquing curiosity among people.

Aarti Kushwaha of Sikandar Kampoo locality gave birth to the baby at the Women and Child Pediatrics Department of the Kamla Raja Hospital on Wednesday. The newborn is healthy, doctors said.

The Superintendent of the Jayarogya Hospital Group, Dr RKS Dhakad, told ANI, "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."

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. The doctors are talking about removing her extra legs by surgery. At present, the baby girl is completely healthy."