Tragedy As Mother gives birth to ‘mermaid baby’ but dies four hours later without her knowing if boy or girl

But doctors were unable to keep the baby alive on Wednesday and it died four hours after its birth.

Dr Sudip Saha, child specialist at Chittaranjan Deva Sadan Hospital in Kolkata in his own statement said 

“I had never seen such a baby before. It is the first case of Sirenomelia in the state and second in the country.

“The baby had normal formation in upper part of the body but below the waist its legs were fused together. The lower part was not developed completely,”