Two week old baby abandoned by her parents after being born with rare 'wrinkly' skin condition in India
A two-week old baby girl born covered in wrinkles is
struggling to survive after her parents rejected her because of her rare skin
condition.
The tiny tot, who hasn't even
been named yet, is being looked after by her granddad who fed her with goats
milk from a spoon for two weeks before he could get her to a hospital in Maharashtra, western India
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Born in the seventh month of pregnancy, she weighs
just 800 grams and doctors say her unusual features could be the result of
Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) and some chromosomal abnormality.
Her mum, 25-year-old Mamata Dode, is said to have
refused to feed the youngster because of her strange looks and hasn't visited
her in hospital.
Even her father, Ajay Dode, also 25, has refused to
accept her.
The
infant’s grandfather Dilip Dode, 50, brought her to hospital in Mumbai, around
138 kilometres away from the village where she was born, after she became ill.
He
said: “I am thankful to the hospital for giving free medical treatment to my
granddaughter.
"It
is really disheartening that even her parents have rejected her but I will go
to any extent to save her.”
Mr
Dode, who works as a labourer, said that his son and his wife had been expecting
a healthy child just like their three-year-old daughter Payal, but were left in
horror when their new baby was born with unusual features.
He
said: “During my daughter-in-law’s pregnancy, my son had taken her for regular
check ups at primary health care centre in our village but doctors never told
them there was any problem with the baby.
"She
had a normal delivery at the hospital.
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