Saturday, April 28, 2012

Three-armed baby born in Pakistan

A girl has been born with three arms in the Taunsa Sharif sub-division of Dera Ghazi Khan.

The baby girl has the third arm joined to her back, near the spinal cord. Her father, Waqar Ahmed, took his daughter to Nishter Hospital in Multan, where she was admitted immediately.


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Dr Ghulam Shabbir at the hospital said that the disorder that the baby girl had is called Polymelia, in which a person is born with extra limbs.

He further revealed that experts have been consulted regarding the issue and that once initial reports are obtained, it can be ascertained as to how difficult the operation can be.

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