Lakshmi Tatma, a girl with 8 limbs (4 legs and 4 hands) at Diuri in Gaya district in Bihar of India, is reportedly undergoing a 40-hour operation, led by the consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Patil Mamatha, to correct the rare condition – known as isciopagus–today.
Even though Takshimi Tatma is regarded as the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess Vishnu at her village, she can not walk or crawl and is unlikely to survive her teens without surgery.
Lakshmi Tatma was born joined to a ‘parasitic twin‘ and will go under the knife at the hands of 30 surgeons to remove two of her useless arms and legs.
The X-ray picture above shows how the two bodies of Lakshmi Tatma are joined at the pelvis.
Lakshmi with mother Poonam and father Shambu who are from Rampur Kodar Katti – a remote settlement in Northen India without electricity or running water.
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