Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Baby With Four Arms, Legs Born in Indonesia

From GLOBAL ROUNDUP
TODAY • Tuesday • June 10, 2008

A young Indonesian mother gave birth to a baby girl with four arms and four legs but the child died within hours, a hospital director said yesterday.

“She was to be a twin but because of an intrauterine problem, the separation process did not proceed well,” said Dr Wijayanti Utoyo, the director of the general hospital in Garut, West Java.

The baby girl, born after a normal nine-month pregnancy, had one head and one torso, but an extra pair of arms and legs, she said.

The 24-year-old mother already has one child. — AFP

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