5.680 kg new born baby in Surat

5.680 kg new born baby in Surat
Surat, 15 June, 2010





A new born baby in Gujarat’s Surat is amongst the heaviest babies in the world. The 5.680 kg baby girl was born on Friday to Priti Ketan Mehta of Adajan area with no health complications. The baby’s length is 57 cm.

The doctors decided on cesarean for safe delivery.

“The baby is of more than normal weight and has no complications. Normally the babies weigh around 2.5 to 3.5 kg. We have heard of babies weighing up to 5 kg, but this is the heaviest baby born perhaps in the country,” says Dr Darpana Trivedi, gynecologist where the baby was born.