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19 March 2024

Baby born with dangling heart

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A boy was born with his heart dangling outside his chest and doctors said the baby needs an urgent operation to save his life.

The boy was born to a local woman in a Cesarean operation at hospital in Dhamar, nearly 75 km south of the Yemeni capital Sanaa.

The Saudi daily Sada and Yemeni newspapers quoted Dr Abdul Raqeeb Al Gabari, a podiatrist at Dhamar hospital, as saying it is one of the rarest medical cases and that the baby needs an urgent surgery.

His father Yehya Hussein said he was told by doctors that his son is in good health but that he cannot live in such a condition.

“The doctors told me my son needs an urgent operation to restore his heart back to its normal place so he will survive,” he said.