SINGAPORE – A baby thought to be the world’s smallest at birth has been discharged from a hospital here after 13 months of intensive treatment.
Kwek Yu Xuan was just 212 grams when she was born and measured 24 centimeters long.
She was delivered at just under 25 weeks – far short of the average 40.
The previous record-holder was a girl in the United States who weighed 245 grams at birth in 2018, according to the University of Iowa’s Tiniest Babies Registry.
Yu Xuan’s mother gave birth to her by emergency cesarean section four months ahead of schedule after being diagnosed with pre-eclampsia.
Yu Xuan now weighs a much healthier 6.3 kilograms.
During her time in hospital, Yu Xuan was given multiple kinds of treatment and relied on different kinds of machines to survive.
Yu Xuan’s parents were able to pay for her long hospital stay through a crowdfunding campaign that raised $270,601.(BBC)
