Indian doctors successfully operate on 'miracle baby'

Indian doctors successfully operated on the 10-day-old miracle baby, who was born with his heart protruding through his chest, on Thursday. In this path-breaking surgery, the doctors have created a new world record by doing the surgery without suspending his body functions. We decided to do the surgery without suspending his body functions. As there was no space in his body to accommodate the heart, we created a window between the chest and abdomen to place the heart. Then gradually rotated the heart and put it back in the newly created space, said Dr AK Bisoi, additional cardiothoracic surgeon, who led the team. The baby has been shifted to Cardiac Care Unit and doctors say that every hour now is critical for the baby. We have to closely monitor the baby. Every hour is crucial. We have to see how he responds to the surgery. Every stage was a challenge and the fact that he has survived for 10 days itself is an achievement, said Dr Bisoi. But the biggest achievement for the doctors is that they could operate upon him on while his heart was beating.