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Six-legged baby
Pakistani baby who was born with six legs, conducted a successful operation. Now the life of Umar Farouk nothing ugrozhaet.
"A team of five experienced doctors successfully separated the extra limbs from the body of the child. Now he's all right, "- said Dr. Jamal Raza, Director, National Institute of pediatric medicine in Karachi.
He said that Umar Farouk was born with a very rare disease called polimeliya.
He should have been born a twin brother, but in the course of development of the embryo in the womb, he disappeared, leaving Umar in "gift" their extra konechnosti.
The risk of getting a disease - one in a million. As explained by Dr. Jamal Raza, the rest of Umar Farouk was no different from other children, he was completely healthy. "Before we proceed with the operation, surgeons had to determine which of the limbs belonged to the boy and what his twin," - added vrach.
Payment transaction administration of Sindh, since the boy's family did not have the money for it. The child's father Imran Sheikh thanked the government and doctors for the successful conduct of operatsiyu.
It is possible that the disease Umar Farooq were unwittingly blame his parents. His father was at work often in contact with the X-ray equipment. In addition, he and his wife, close relatives and fall each other cousins.
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Source: www.utro.ru/articles/2012/04/21/1042159.shtml