World’s Smallest Baby Leaves Japan Hospital, Survives Despite Doctors Fearing For Its Life
March 2, 2019
The world’s tiniest baby went home after spending five months on life support. The unnamed baby boy was born in Tokyo’s Keio University Hospital in August, weighing 9.45 ounces, almost the same weight as an average human heart.
At the time of the procedure, doctors found that the baby had stopped growing inside his mother’s womb, necessitating the delivery via C-section.
The baby was also delivered at the cutoff for fetal viability in Japan, which is 24 weeks.