[Brandjuh]

New Delhi: An infant girl with her heart beating outside her body was born in a village in lower Assam's Dhubri district and has been kept at the intensive care unit in Gauhati Medical College.

The infant's family members and health officials said today that the infant's heart is on her chest and she was born last night at Phutkibari village.

The case is an extremely rare congenital malformation and is called Ectopia Cordis in which the heart is abnormally located either partially or totally outside the throax, doctors attending on her said.

Following her birth, doctors in the rural hospital referred the infant to the government-run Dhubri civil hospital from where she was sent to Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) where she is being kept in the ICU, health officials said.

As GMCH has a tie up with Narayana Hrudalaya in Bangalore, the state health department is planning to shift the infant to that hospital for surgery on government expense tomorrow, they added.

[cacher]

That is some freaky shit, but I've heard of it before. First time seeing it though.

At least it can be corrected.

[Flapmon]

I remember seeing a video of a little American girl with something like this, had like a layer of skin over it and you could see it beating. Hopefully they're able to save this little thing. ):

[alyjo07]

Poor little thing. Hopefully they will fix it. And she can live a long normal life...

[kellyhound]

It's like a little alien trying to get out

[durt]

Put it back in

[360gunnings]

Thanks god lol. I'm sure this baby appreciates your gift of life.

[SOTIC]

Yet it's a genius idea to have one on a bathroom floor at home

[shelly80]

Appears to have an irregular heartbeat as well