In one of the hospitals in India a baby boy has been born with three arms. The boy was born with his right arm in the normal place, but two arms on his left side. He has a rare desease, Polymelia, which causes a person to be born with extra limbs, often arms or legs.

The rare disorder occurs in the womb when the cells form abnormally during embryonic development.

The embryo begins to develop as conjoined twins. But one twin stops growing, leaving the remaining developments - often limbs - of the undeveloped twin attached to the body of the live baby.

The boy, who was born to diamond worker Ramesh Makwana and his wife, was originally taken to Bhavnagar Civil Hospital.

Baffled doctors referred the case to specialists at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, nearly 200km away.

In Ahmedabad, Dr Rakesh Joshi, head of paediatric surgery at the hospital performed a procedure to remove the extra limb on Wednesday, December 17. But the doctors have also found out that the boy has a right club foot and a missing kidney apart from the extra arm.

Doctors  will also straighten the club foot. They say that a lack of a kidney will not hamper the child's health or his ability to lead a normal life.

 'We have a daughter and we wanted to have a healthy boy too, but when we knew about the his condition, we were worried. However the doctors have assured us our son will be alright',-said the boy's father.

The boy will now have to undergo physiotherapy for his functional left hand and his club foot.