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| An infant girl born with two faces three weeks ago in northern India.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) |
BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhuanet)-- An Indian infant girl born with two faces eats and breathes normally despite having two pairs of eyes and lips and two noses, according to the baby's parents quoted by media reports Monday.
The baby, who is yet to be named, was born to factory worker Vinod Kumar and his wife Sushma three weeks ago in northern India.
She has drawn a stream of curious observers, with some even considering her a deity.
"I had never seen something like this in my life so naturally I was a little scared when I first saw her," her father was quoted as saying.
The baby's grandfather said she "is very special to us."
The family said it has no plans to consult doctors to check if the girl can receive treatment or corrective surgery.
"The doctor said everything is normal when she was born. So where's the need to get medical help?" said the child's father.
"She's fed through one mouth and sucks her thumb with the other. We use whichever mouth is free to feed her."
The family lives in mud-and-brick house in Noida town, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of New Delhi.
The case comes just months after Indian doctors performed a rare, marathon surgery to remove the extra limbs of two-year-old girl Lakshmi Tatma born with four arms and legs.
(Agencies)
Indian girl with extra limbs leaves intensive care
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| Shambhu, unseen, carries his daughter Lakshmi during a press conference at Sparsha Hospital in Banglore, India, Nov. 13, 2007. Nearly a week after surgeons removed the extra limbs from the Indian girl born with four arms and four legs, the bright-eyed 2-year-old made her first public appearance Tuesday after leaving the hospital's intensive care unit. (Source: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) |
BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Judging from her appearance -- healthy and alert -- you would never suppose Lakshmi was only one week removed from a 24-hour operation to remove two extra arms and legs.
Swathed in blankets and lying on her father's lap, the bright-eyed 2-year-old Indian girl appeared before reporters without the extra limbs that had led some in her rural village to revere her as an incarnation of the four-armed goddess she was named after.
Lakshmi had both of her legs in casts to keep her inverted feet straight and the legs together while her arms were free. After sitting for photographs, her parents quickly whisked her off the stage without speaking to reporters. Full story
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