34 Fingers

When Amrita Saxena, (38) saw her son, Akshat, she started crying in joy. But the delight soon turned to shock when she realised that her son was born with a total of 34 fingers -- seven on each hand and 10 on each foot.  "I was so happy to see my baby as it was our first child. But later, when I saw his fingers, I was shocked and surprised," s...

Doctors at AIIMS will soon perform a surgery on a child born with 34 fingers and toes.Fifteen-month old Akshit, a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, is now being treated at the orthopaedics department of AIIMS and will be operated upon for reconstruction of the extra fingers in the hands and legs.Born with a rare congenital defect, he immediate...

When Amrita Saxena, (38) saw her son, Akshat, she started crying in joy. But the delight soon turned to shock when she realised that her son was born with a total of 34 fingers -- seven on each hand and 10 on each foot.  "I was so happy to see my baby as it was our first child. But later, when I saw his fingers, I was shocked and surprised," s...

Doctors at AIIMS will soon perform a surgery on a child born with 34 fingers and toes.Fifteen-month old Akshit, a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, is now being treated at the orthopaedics department of AIIMS and will be operated upon for reconstruction of the extra fingers in the hands and legs.Born with a rare congenital defect, he immediate...