BANGALORE, Nov 10(AFP): A two-year-old Indian girl separated from her conjoined twin was doing well today after regaining consciousness for the first time after a gruelling 27 hours of surgery.
Lakshmi, who had been born with eight limbs, was under observation at the intensive care unit of Sparsh Hospital in this southern Indian city where doctors completed the surgery Wednesday.
"Lakshmi is in satisfactory condition and all her parameters are within normal limits," said T. Ramesh, the hospital spokesman.
Chief paediatric surgeon Sharan Patil, who led the team of 36 medics that performed the surgery-the first of its kind in India-said that the little girl was "stable."
She regained consciousness on Friday and was in good spirits, able to open her eyes and move her fingers and toes slowly, Patil said earlier.
On Friday afternoon, doctors took her off the ventilator to which she had been attached.
They plan to shift her from intensive care to a private ward in about two days and put her on a schedule of physiotherapy to strengthen her legs and teach her how to walk.
Indian girl born with eight limbs stable
FE Team | Published: November 11, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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