Doctors in India have saved the life of a young boy who
had two extra arms and two extra legs growing out of his
stomach.
Some people had venerated Deepak Kumar (8) from
Bangalore as a god, while others saw him as a demonic
monster.
But doctors, on the other hand, saw the boy with the eight limbs
as parasitic twins – a form of twin similar to conjoined siblings,
but where the development process has gone even more wrong.
Deepak’s father Viresh Paswan, a construction worker in
his 30s, would not give up the dream that his son could lead a
normal wife, launching a public appeal in March.
And now it’s finally over.
Deepak’s extra limbs were surgically removed in a
hospital.
“He is 100 per cent fit,” chief surgeon Ramcharan Thiagrajan
said following the operation. He added: “Due to all the mockery and
stigma he has faced he is very restless and nervous. But now after
this successful operation and counselling he will lead a normal
life.”
In turn, Deepak’s father was overjoyed: “My dream
has come true, now we will celebrate it after returning to my
village.”