Indian woman gives birth to world's heaviest newborn
10:15, 27/05/2016, Friday
Yeni Şafak
An Indian mother gave birth to a 6.8kg baby girl that doctors say may be the heaviest child ever born
A teen mother in India gave birth to a 6.8kg baby girl, believed to be the heaviest female infant ever born in the world.
The child weighs the same as the average six-month-old and is reportedly twice the size of an average baby.
Her mother Nandini, 19, gave birth by Caesarean section at a hospital in the southern state of Karnataka.
The newborn girl, who has not yet been named, surprised both family and medics with her relatively large size.
Dr Venkatesh Raju, the local health officer, said: "In my 25 years of experience, I had never seen such a big baby.
"She is a miracle. I believe she is not only the heaviest baby born in India, but the heaviest baby girl ever born in the world."
Medics are monitoring the child in an intensive care unit to check her development before discharging her in a few days.
The record so far for the heaviest Indian baby is held by a boy, born to Firdous Khatun of Uttar Pradesh in November 2015. The baby boy weighed 6.7kg.
The world record for the heaviest baby was for a boy born to Carmelina Fedele in Aversa, Italy, in September 1955. The boy weighed 10.2 kg.