Pics:Surgeons sucessfully reduce baby’s six legs to two.

Doctors at the National Institute of Child
Health (NICH), Karachi, have successfully
operated on the Pakistan baby born
with six legs.
“A team of five experienced doctors
have successfully separated the extra
legs and limbs from the baby today
(Thursday). He is very much safe and
secure…the doctors are examining the
infant to plan for necessary treatment
to…ensure he lives a normal life,” the
director of NICH, Jamal Raza said.
The baby’s father, Imran Shaikh, who
lives in Sukkur, says he is grateful that
his son has being treated. “We are a
poor family. I am thankful to the
government for helping us treating my
baby,” he told the media. Imran Sheikh
also asked well-wishers to pray for the
complete and early recovery of his son
from the disease.
Meanwhile, the Prominent gynecologist
and President Pakistan Medical
Association Dr Samrina Hashmi has said
the abnormality in the baby could be
because of several factors, including
improper medicines taken by the
pregnant mother and contaminated
water.
“In every 10,000 child births one baby is
born with an abnormality such as a hole
in the heart,” she said. “Then there is a
possibility that several eggs were
fertilised instead of one,” she said.