Mother refuses to breastfeed her child born with an incurably disease
A distraught mother has refused to breastfeed her premature baby dubbing it an alien,after the child was born with an extremely rare incurably condition,that causes her skin to grow seven times faster than usual.The 28 year old woman gave birth in a government hospital in Patna district of Bihar India on Sunday.
The young parents claims to be traumatized by birth of the child,called the child a curse and refused to accept her.
The baby has a disease called Harlequin Ichthyosis which causes wide spread and persistent thick dry fish-scale skin it happens due to an acute case of mal nutrition causing thickening of skin and face deformity.
Doctors believe the baby won't live for long as non of her organs has developed properly and probability of such cases are one in 10 million.
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