Baby Born with 4 Arms, 4 Legs Recovering Well after Surgery

Local Editor

A baby boy born with eight limbs is said to be recovering well after doctors removed his 'parasitic twin'.

Three-month old baby Paul Mukisa was born with four legs and four arms in Nabigingo, a small village in eastern Uganda.

Parents Margaret Awino and Boniface Okongo rushed the child to a nearby district hospital but were told there was nothing medics could do.

Three-month old baby Paul Mukisa was born with four legs and four arms in Nabigingo, a small village in eastern Uganda
Doctors also discovered that the parasitic twin shared part of the boy's pelvic bone.
Surgeons then discharged the baby for three months, allowing him to grow large enough for them to safely operate on him.

Now, three weeks after surgery the baby looks set to make a full recovery and is now breastfeeding from his mother.
Earlier this year doctors successfully removed a baby's extra limbs after it was born with four hands and four feet at a hospital in China's southern Guangdong province.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team