Vijayanagar: A woman gave birth to a 9 fingered baby at a private hospital in Hosapete town on Thursday.

This is the 20th case of 9 fingered children in the world.

Yhe family wait for maternity pains in the home for some time and the family has been admitted to a private hospital in Hospet.

Doctors performed childbirth with cesarean and removed the baby.

The male child’s left leg has nine (9) fingers. But, the right hand has five fingers. Mother and baby are healthy. Her mother is a resident of Hosapet Taluk.

When pregnant, scans can show heart rate, head part, and limbs growth. But the fingers do not look, the doctors say, after the birth.