Baby with "mermaid syndrome" born in Maharashtra; dies minutes later

Aurangabad | Tuesday | 22nd May, 2018

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It died 15 minutes later," attending gynaecologist Dr Sanjay Bansode said.The mother, Diksha Kamble (25), was admitted in the hospital today at 7 am. The upper body was functional but the lower body was not developed. The infant, which weighed 1.8 kg"The baby was born with a fish-like body, and had its hands spread like fins. "The baby was born at the Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Government Hospital at Ambajogai. Affected infants are born with partial or complete fusion of the legs..