“The world’s smallest boy has left the hospital”

“the World’s smallest boy has had to leave the hospital in Tokyo, Japan, where he had been since birth. When he was born in August 2018, he weighed only 268 grams. He is, according to the hospital, the smallest boy who survived a birth.”

“the Boy was born by caesarean section after he stopped growing during pregnancy. He was then in the intensive care unit until he reached a weight of 3.2 kg and could leave the hospital.”

” I’m so glad that he has become this big. I was honestly not sure that he would survive, ” says the boy’s mother.”

“The previously smallest boy weighed in at 274 grams, and the smallest baby so far is a girl who weighed 252 grams at birth.”