To the utter surprise of the medical fraternity at the MGM Medical College and Hospital’s gynaecology department a baby boy was born on Friday without belly.
Though it was a normal delivery for 29-year-old Kaushalya Devi, but when the baby was born his viscera, including the intestine, kidney and liver were exposed.
As soon as the child was delivered at about 7 am, the doctor on labour Room duty was shocked. The gynaecologist Anjali Srivastava immediately referred the case to the hospital emergency where the doctors were in a fix as to what to do with the newborn.
According to sources, after consultation with some senior doctors, the doctors on emergency ward covered up the baby’s viscera with bandage.
The baby boy which is Kaushalya’s third child, was lying beside his mother at the medical college hospital’s maternity ward.
“We are in state of shock and we don’t know what to do. The baby has no belly, but he is absolutely normal. He is on the breast-feeding like any other newborn and also has all the sign of normalcy
like any other newborn. We hope with the grace of God, he will survive this odd of nature,” said a close relative of Kaushalya.
Sources informed that though the hospital authority has referred the baby to Tata Main Hospital or to RIMS, but it is not possible for Kaushalya's family to afford the medical expenses.
Kanhu Mardi, Kaushalya’s husband, who is a resident of Beltand village in Patamda block had admitted her at the medical college hospital last evening and left the hospital having made his relative Bishakha to take care of his wife as attendant.
Gynaecologist Anjali Srivastava confirmed that the newborn was abnormal physically.