Boy with four arms and four legs has extra limbs removed
A child born with four legs and four arms in China has had the extra limbs removed.
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The baby had the surgery son April 11 at the Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center in the Guangdong province.
The deformity reportedly happened after the child's parasitic twin fused with the boy while in the womb.
“They were supposed to be twins, but one had underdeveloped and became deformed,” chief surgeon Yu Jiakang told the Global Times.
The boy is in a stable condition, but was also diagnosed with pneumonia and congenital heart disease prior to going under the knife.
Despite five examinations prior to the birth of the boy, nothing had showed up abnormal, according to the boy's father "Mr Chen".
However, the father still felt guilty about his son's affliction, and tod ImagineChina he wished he had done more to take care of this wife.
“I only cared about my work,” he said.
“I just thought of making money instead of taking [my wife] to hospital for a medical checkup.”
