The "world's smallest baby" is about to leave a hospital in Japan

He who is considered the smallest baby in the world, who, when he was born in Japan in October, weighed just over an apple, will leave the hospital this weekend, announced his doctors.

Ryusuke Sekiya was born from an emergency cesarean section after 24 weeks and five days of pregnancy because her mother, Toshiko, was suffering from hypertension.

At birth, he weighed 258 grams, less than the world's smallest baby, another Japanese weighing 268 kg when he was born last year and was able to leave the hospital in February.

Ryusuke was born on October 1, 2018, 22 centimeters tall and was to be admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit of the Nagano Hospital..

To feed him, he had to use tubes and even sticks to bring his mother's milk to his mouth.

Nearly seven months later, the boy has multiplied his weight by 13 and now weighs more than three pounds. You can leave this weekend at the children's hospital in Nagano, central Japan.

"When he was born, he was so small that he seemed to want to break up if touched … I was very worried," his mother Toshiko told the press.

"Now, drink milk, we can wash you, I'm happy to see you grow up," he says.

The smallest girl in the world was born in Germany in 2015 and weighed only 252 grams, according to a registry of the University of Iowa (United States).

The survival rate of premature babies is much lower in boys than in girls.