Pakistani doctors are battling the odds to save a newborn baby suffering from a rare genetic condition that has left him with six legs, the Daily Mail reported.

The one-week-old boy is believed to be one half of parasitic twins.

His conjoined twin was born prematurely and not fully developed, which resulted in the second child having the extra legs, said Jamal Raza, Director of the National Institute of Child Health in Karachi.

Raza added that they were planning to operate on the boy and were considering asking for help from foreign experts with more experience in this disease's field, believed to afflict just one in one million babies.

(China.org.cn April 17, 2012)

據英國《每日郵報》報道，巴基斯坦醫生正全力救治一名因患有罕見基因疾病而長出六條腿的新生兒。

這個只有一周大的男嬰是寄生雙胞胎之一。

巴國家兒童健康研究所所長扎馬爾·拉扎表示，與其連在一起的胎兒早產且發育不完全，這才導致他多長了幾條腿。

拉扎說，他們計劃為該男嬰手術，并考慮尋求有經驗的外國專家的幫助。據悉，這種罕見病的發病率是百萬分之一。