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To: Ish who wrote (208089)	12/7/2001 6:32:21 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 769670

Four-month premature baby normal DUBAI, Feb 4 (UNI) — The youngest premature foetus in the world — 21 weeks and three days old — and weighing 524 gm (18 ounces) was born in a hospital here yesterday , a local newspaper said. The Khaleej Times quoted Prof Mohammed Sadeqian, Head of the Premature Children’s Department at Al Mafraq Hospital, as saying that the baby was normal. Professor Sadeqian said according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the youngest surviving child was born after 22 weeks. The child was being fed by his mother’s milk through tubes linked to blood vessels. Regarding reasons for performing Caesarean on the mother of the baby, Professor Sadeqian said she was suffering from stomach cancer and they had to carry out the operation to save her life. The Guinness Book of World Records lists James Gill of Ontario, Canada as the world’s most premature baby. He was 624 gm (22 ounces) when born 128 days premature in 1987. tribuneindia.com A baby delivered by Caesarean section in Abu Dhabi is reportedly the most premature baby ever born alive. Professor Mohammed Sadeqian at the Al Mafraq hospital said that the baby, whom he described as normal, was delivered after only 21 weeks and three days' gestation, weighing 524 grams, because his mother was suffering from stomach cancer and needed the operation to save her life. The child is being fed his mother's milk via a tube. The youngest surviving premature baby according to the Guinness Book of Records is James Gill of Canada who was born after 22 weeks' gestation weighing 624 grams. (The Indian Express, 2/4/2001; SPUC Information Office 2/7/2001) lutheransforlife.org * * *