A 20 year old woman in Karnataka has given birth to a 6.8kg baby girl that could possibly be the heaviest child ever born in India.
The baby girl was born by a Caesarean section, at a hospital in the southern state of Karnataka.
Dr Venkatesh R, district health official in Hassan district, said that, "It is the biggest baby in India, I can say. Whether it is the biggest in the world, I cannot say right now."
"The baby's height is 62cm (24.4in) as against the normal Indian baby's height of 50cm," said Dr SR Kumar, who is looking after mother Nandini and baby girl.
"We have done an ultrasound and conducted blood tests on Nandini, but we didn't find any abnormality," Dr Kumar said.
"We have sent the samples for a test called an inborn error of metabolism. We should get the result after 48 hours."
The heaviest Indian baby record is named to a boy, born to Firdous Khatun of Uttar Pradesh in November 2015. The baby boy weighed 6.7kg.
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