Girl Born With Heart In Hand

A girl was born in India last week with her heart in one of her hands.

“The baby has a fully developed external heart between her neck and collar bone. She was holding her heart in her right hand when born,” S.K. Pambhoi, a senior government doctor, told Reuters.

Doctors said they separated the hand from the heart, but the baby born to a poor family in Korba town in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Friday would die if she did not have immediate surgery.

“Her heart is connected to the inner body through arteries and veins. Surgery is the best option to insert her heart and fix it at the right place,” Pambhoi said.

“There is a strong possibility of the heart getting infected, so a quick operation is needed.”

With parents unable to afford the estimated Rs200,000 in medical expenses, the child did indeed die of infection this evening.

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