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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.
News of the birth was kept quiet while the boy was in a critical condition
but doctors revealed details after announcing that he was no longer in
danger.
The little boy was born in June last year in the 25th week of pregnancy,
revealed Stefan Weller, a spokesman for the University of Goettingen
Hospital.
He spent six months in intensive care and was finally discharged in December
after he grew to more than 8lbs (3.7kg).
Weller said doctors had checked every available record worldwide of
premature births and found no viable birth at a lower weight for boys.
Until now the lowest surviving birth weight for a boy was 297 grams. The
lowest surviving birth rate for a newborn girl is 244 grams.
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