A premature baby born weighing less than nine ounces has survived in Germany – the lightest ever baby boy to live.
The tiny tot, weighing in at just 8.8oz, or 275 grams, recorded the lowest weight for a living birth of a newborn boy, according to doctors at the University of Goettingen Hospital.
He survived thanks to the latest developments in postnatal care.
In most cases, doctors said, it was regarded as impossible for a child with a birth weight below 350 grams to survive. Read More…
