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- Kuli Bai, 22, gave birth to the unnamed boy at her home in a small village in India
- Her family were so shocked by his extra limbs, they were planning to dump him
- News spread and reached a nearby surgeon, who collected the mother and baby
- The baby is said to be recovering well after having the extra limbs removed
Alexandra Thompson Health Reporter For Mailonline
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The family of a baby boy born with a parasitic twin was going to throw him into the river before a local hospital offered him free surgery.
Kuli Bai, 22, gave birth to the unnamed boy at her home in a small village, in Pindwara, northern India.
Her family were so shocked by her son’s two extra legs, hand and penis they were going to dump him in a nearby river.
News spread through the village, until it reached Bharat Pal Danda, 35, who runs Matra Chhaya Hospital, in Pindwara, who quickly sent an ambulance to collect the mother and child.
After removing the baby’s extra limbs and intestines, he is said to be recovering well.
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The unnamed baby boy’s family were planning to dump him in a river due to his condition
He was born with a parasitic twin but was healthy inside (pictured with his mother Kuli Bai, 22)
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WHAT IS A PARASITIC TWIN?
Parasitic twins occur when a baby is born with the attached tissue of an undeveloped twin who died in the womb.
The parasitic twin’s tissues are dependent upon the ‘host’.
Parasitic twins arise when identical twins fail to separate.
It is unclear why this occurs, but may be due to a restricted blood supply during pregnancy, which leads to the death and partial absorption of one of the twins.
The condition occurs in around one in a million live births.
Source: Live Science
‘Relatives were planning to kill the baby’
Mr Danda said: ‘I was very shocked when I heard these relatives, who seem extremely orthodox and superstitious, were planning to kill the baby by throwing him into the river. I couldn’t sit back and do nothing.
‘When they arrived I was upset to see the condition of the child. We did an initial diagnosis and gave him immediate treatment but the child was critical so we referred him to a better hospital.’
The boy was taken to the government hospital SMS Medical Institute and Hospital, in Jaipur, around 450 km from Pindwara.
A team of four doctors successfully operated and removed the baby’s parasitic twin.
Being born with a parasitic twin gave the baby a total of four legs, three hands and two penises
A nearby surgeon heard the news and offered to perform surgery to remove the limbs for free
Four doctors successfully performed the operation for the second time in three months
The baby is said to be recovering well but is still being checked over by doctors
‘The child had four legs, three hands and two penises’
Dr Parveen Mathur, senior professor and head of the pediatric department, who carried out the surgery, said: ‘The child had four legs, three hands and two penises.
‘The upper limb of the parasitic twin was underdeveloped. Even though he was internally fine, his condition was problematic due to the attached extra limbs and genitals.
‘We have now removed the extra limbs and intestines that were restricted to the parasitic twin. The boy is currently doing fine but we will continue to keep him under observation for at least a week.’
The hospital had conducted similar surgery just three months earlier.
Dr Parveen said: ‘It feels good that both surgeries have been successful.’
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