Indian Baby Girl Born with Unusual Extra Face
Having first heard of this story on April 1st, I wondered if it were true, and a little digging has revealed it seems to be. This baby girl was born in the same region of India, Bihar, as Lakshmi, the girl who successfully underwent surgery to remove extra limbs earlier this year. One does wonder if there is something literally in the water of this poverty stricken region of India, or it is just a statistical coincidence. On the bright side, the baby is regarded as divine and should get extra care and attention. Seriously, the odds of healthy, viable, living and thriving 8 limbed girl and a 2 faced girl being born in the same region within 2 years of each other must be staggering.
Photos from dailymail.uk unless otherwise noted. More photos at this more recent post.
above photo from abc.com
above photo from www.skewsme.com perhaps from FOx originally
Seeing double: Indian baby born with four eyes, two mouths and two faces
By DEBRA KILLALEA | Last updated at 20:11pm on 15th March 2008 | www.dailymail.co.uk
To some she may seem an oddity, but to one Indian couple their newborn daughter is simply a God reincarnated.
Their as yet un-named four-day-old baby girl was born with two faces, two mouths and four eyes in the rural Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, 50km north east of New Delhi.
Her parents, Vinod and Susham Singh from a village called Sani, said their little girl was “a gift from God”.
Excited villagers claim she is the reincarnation of the Indian God Ganesha and celebrated her arrival with clapping, cheering and offerings of gifts and money.
Doctors who delivered the baby said she appeared to be in good health, but said further tests will need to be carried out to determine any long-term health problems she may have.
They are also unable to say if she will be able to eat and function normally.
The excitement surrounding her arrival comes two years after the birth of another little girl, from the poverty stricken region of Bihar, who was born attached to her headless twin.
In a 40 hour operation, doctors successfully removed the lifeless body from Lakshmi Tatma, who was hailed as a reincarnation of Vishnu.
The extraordinary eight-limbed baby was born on the day devoted to the celebration of the four-armed Hindu deity Vishnu.
Since the operation Lakshmi has successfully taken her first steps.
Her mother Poonam Tatma said she believed her daughter was “a miracle”.