Lakshmi Reincarnated God of 8 Limb Girl in India

Octopus Girl, Lakshim Had 8 Limbs Removed in Surgery by a Team of Indian Doctors

Lakshmi Tatma was born in a poverty-stricken region of Bihar region of India on a holiday devoted to the four-armed Hindu deity Vishnu. She is connected to a headless parasitic twin, and has eight limbs. However Her mother Poonam Tatma, and many other Hindus Lakshmi was “a miracle, a reincarnation” of Vishnu. She was born with four arms, four legs and extra internal organs. Lakshmi was named after the four-armed Hindu goddess of wealth.

Parents Poonam Devi and Shambu Das, who earn about 50p a day as casual labourers, were turned away from several hospitals before her plight was taken up by Dr Patil. The operation was expected to cost about £100,000 – but the hospital said it was covering the cost of the surgery. A team of 30 surgeons then prepared Lakshmi and her family for surgery to remove the headless twin, because without performing the operation, Lakshmi would not be able survive to adulthood. She is unable to walk on her deformed limbs, so she would not have much of an adolescent life either. The surgery involves removing Lakshmi Tatma’s headless identical twin sister who was joined at the pelvis and who did not develop and separate properly in the womb ” which is an extremely rare case and occurs in fewer than one in 50,000 births.

Dr Sharan Patil, led the surgery at India’s Narayana Health City, in Bangalore.

“Fortunately, Lakshmi has one complete body with a near perfect set of organs. Her skeletal system involves two bodies which are fused together at the level of the pelvis. The operation itself, although presents several challenges, is not the most complex in the world. What is highly unusual in Lakshmi’s case is precisely how her bodies are fused, almost mirroring each other.”

Doctors in India were able to successfully complete the procedure and the 2-year-old Lakshmi is fine.

Mamta Patil, a doctor involved in the surgery at Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore in south India, “It went very well. She’ll be in intensive care for the next 48 hours. We expected to be in the operating theatre for 40 hours, but the surgery was over after 27.”

The headless “twin” was joined to Lakshmi at the pelvis and has its own spinal column and kidney. Doctors removed the two-year-old girl’s extra arms and legs, reconstructed her hip, removed the two extra kidneys and rewired her intestines to help her lead a normal life.

“Fortunately, Lakshmi has one complete body with a near perfect set of organs. Her skeletal system involves two bodies which are fused together at the level of the pelvis. The operation itself, although presents several challenges, is not the most complex in the world. What is highly unusual in Lakshmi’s case is precisely how her bodies are fused, almost mirroring each other.”

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   kelveeta says:

   September 11, 2009 at 9:10 am

   I really think That the whole transformation was very interesting. When I firs saw her I was so shocked to see such a beautiful go through something like that. To have to whole town staring at her, God only knowso she knew that she was different. But I think personally that the doctors did a wonderful job to make her normal.

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   Kiarra Jones says:

   July 10, 2010 at 10:25 am

   ThAttS VeryY SAD FoR THiS pRetTy LilL Girl ToO Be LiKe ThiS. BuTt PeopLe ShouLdnT JUdgE Her On How ShEs BorN They ShoUld JudgE HEr On How BeAuTiFul She lOoKs.ツ
   I DOnT KnOw YoU Lil GuRl buT YoU ARe oNe BeautiFuL ThiNg. Im Only 14 And I KnoW How It FeElS.

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   Kavita says:

   April 19, 2011 at 11:08 am

   Allah,May God help you Lakshmi. You are a Beautiful girl Keep praying to Lord Vishnu, Lord Lakshmi and Lord Krishna. Don’t forget Lord Shiva with his snake the Cobra. May GOD help you i am an Indian too. I love you and i will pray that you live a happy and normal life.

                                                                     “ALLAH”,
                                                                                   Love Kavita from India/New York

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