In Karnataka’s Bagalkot, rare case of baby born with 25 fingers draws attention of medical community

Bagalkot, a district in Karnataka is currently in the news for the rare case of a baby boy named Bharti in the town of Rabkavi Banhatti. He was born with 25 fingers. According to Local 18 Kannada, this baby was born at Sunshine Hospital, a multidisciplinary hospital. Doctors were surprised to find the baby boy with 12 toes (6 toes on each foot) and 13 fingers (6 on the right hand and 7 on the left hand). The family members of the newborn are happy about the arrival of the little miracle in their lives. More details about the baby boy and his family are not available in the public domain. Polydactyly is a condition in which a baby is born with one or more extra fingers. In many cases, polydactyly occurs spontaneously without a genetic cause.

Gurappa, the father of the baby boy, revealed more about the incident in an interview with a newspaper. According to him, his wife visited the Sri Bhuvaneshwari Devi Shakti Peetam Suragiri Hills temple in Kundaragi, Karnataka. In the temple, his wife prayed to the goddess for children. Gurappa is happy that the goddess accepted his prayers and blessed his family with a child.

Obstetrician and gynaecologist at Sunshine Hospital, Dr Parvati Hiremath, said that this child is a rare case due to an imbalance of chromosomes. According to the doctor, both the baby boy and the child are healthy at present.

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A similar case occurred in 2023. According to reports, a baby girl was born with a total of 26 fingers and toes in Deeg district of Rajasthan. Doctors at a health centre had confirmed this. The newborn girl had seven fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Doctors said that the extra fingers and toes were the result of a rare condition caused by a genetic disorder. The girl’s family members believe that she is an incarnation of a goddess whom they worship.

The newborn’s maternal uncle, Deepak, said in an interview, “She has come to our house like a goddess. We are all lucky that Lakshmi was born in our family.”

A similar case occurred in 2023. According to reports, a baby girl was born with a total of 26 fingers and toes in Deeg district of Rajasthan. Doctors at a health centre had confirmed this. The newborn girl had seven fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Doctors said that the extra fingers and toes were the result of a rare condition caused by a genetic disorder. The girl’s family members believe that she is an incarnation of a goddess whom they worship.

The newborn’s maternal uncle, Deepak, said in an interview, “She has come to our house like a goddess. We are all lucky that Lakshmi was born in our family.”