Baby Born With 3 Legs In Warangal

Warangal: In a rare occurrence, a woman delivered a baby girl with three legs at a hospital on Tuesday in Jangaon district.

The woman, Srilatha, a native of Kanchanapally village under Raghunathpally mandal delivered the baby at government area hospital in Jangaon. She was admitted in the hospital by her husband Sambaiah on Monday.

The extra limb protruded from the child's pelvis area and it can be surgically removed, K. Srinivas, a doctor at the medical facility, said. "Other than the extra limb, the baby was born with healthy vitals and she is in good health," doctor said.

The mother and the newborn have been shifted to Niloufer Hospital in Hyderabad for further care and treatment.

"Such births have odds of one in one lakh births," a senior paediatric surgeon at Niloufer Hospital said.