They saved the smallest baby in the world: born premature with only 268 grams

It was five months of struggle but every second was worth it. A Tokyo hospital released a baby born in August last week at 22 weeks and weighing only 268 grams. Thanks to the care of doctors, nurses and their parents, the boy has managed to increase his weight exponentially and has left neonatology with 3,238 pounds, which makes it the the smallest baby in the world who survives an untimely birth.

The baby's mother, who did not want to make her name public, expressed her "The happiness of seeing him so big" after "not knowing if I could survive," according to a statement released by the Japanese media.

The baby is born by a emergency cesarean section at Keio University Hospital and was treated in intensive care in a incubatorexplained the doctor in charge, Takeshi Arimitsu.

According to Keio University, it is the youngest child to survive a premature birth, a record that until now bore a baby born in Germany in 2009 with 274 grams weight.

Also in Germany was born in 2015 the smallest girl who has been registered so far, with only 252 grams.

In Japan, the countries of the world where newborn mortality is lower, According to UNICEF data, the survival rate of newborns weighing less than one kilogram is 90%, although this proportion Reduced to less than 50% for babies under 300 grams.

Arimitsu pointed out that, even though it was a case of "high risk", the success shows that "the baby is likely to leave the hospital even though he was born very small".