Indian girl born with 8 limbs leaves hospital after surgery - Update

A two-year-old Indian girl born with four arms and four legs left hospital yesterday , more than a month after a marathon operation to remove her extra limbs, doctors said.

Lakshmi left Sparsh Hospital in the southern city of Bangalore with her parents and older brother after doctors said she had recovered from the 27-hour operation to separate her from her headless, conjoined twin.



But she will return to hospital in March for doctors to assess whether she will need reconstructive surgery, said Sharan Patil, who headed the surgical team for the operation last month.

"She's doing well now and her parents are quite keen to take the baby home," Patil said.

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