India / Baby girl born without arms and legs to 28-yr-old woman in Madhya Pradesh

A baby girl was born without arms and legs to a 28-year-old woman in Sakla village of Sironj Tehsil in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district. As per reports, the baby was born with an autosomal recessive congenital disorder, called Tetra-Amelia, characterised by absence of all four limbs. According to Bhopal CMHO Prabhakar Tiwari, it affects one in a lakh newborns.

India TV : Jun 28, 2020, 02:04 PM
Vidisha: A 28-year-old woman has delivered a girl without arms and legs at Saklon village in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Saturday. Sironj Block Medical Officer (BMO) Dr Pramod Diwan said it was a home delivery case.

"I had sent an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) and an Asha worker, but parents are not ready to bring their newborn to hospital for check up," he said.

The infant's father said she was born without arms and legs on Friday, and is doing well.