India's girl with 8 limbs

Laxmi Tatma was born in a poor family in a small village in (India) Bihar’s Araria District. Lakshmi has two bodies fused at the spine and sharing a circulation. One body is complete, with a near-perfect set of internal organs. The other is a "parasitical twin". The Indian toddler was born on the celebration day of the four-armed Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity after whom she is named.

Lakshmi is the four armed goddess of prosperity, and that's what they named her.

Dr Sharan Patil, the orthopaedic surgeon at Sparsh hospital, which is part of Narayana Health City, told reporters that the first incision was made at 8.45am. "There were a few unexpected things but we were able to manoeuvre them satisfactorily. Things are progressing to our satisfaction and Lakshmi is stable," he said.

Doctors began operating Tuesday on a 2-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs in an extensive surgery that they hope will leave the girl with a normal body, a hospital official said.

Thirty doctors are beginning a marathon surgery to try to give the girl a normal body, and say she has an 80% chance of survival. Let see an video broadcast by guardian.co.uk

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