India: Girl with Four Arms & Four Legs Saved

India, for that matter Nepal and Hindus living elsewhere, today celebrate the Hindu festival of light called Diwali. On this festive occasion (equivalent of Christmas) comes the good news that doctors in India have successfully operated on Lakshmi, a 2-year-old girl born with four arms, four legs and extra internal organs.

Incidentally, Lakshmi the goddess (goddess of wealth) is worshipped during Diwali festival.

A team of around 30 medics removed what amounted to Lakshmi Tatma’s headless identical twin sister who was joined at the pelvis and who did not develop and separate properly in the womb — an extremely rare case. More here…

Another report says that Lakshmi, has a very rare condition called ischiopagus, which occurs in less than two per cent of conjoined twins. It develops when the twin embryo stops developing in the mother’s womb, and one foetus develops at the expense of the other. More here…