JOHANNESBURG – A South African doctor says a baby born with his brain
outside his head has died after being alive for three weeks.
A doctor on duty when the baby died said Monday that Sibusiso
Mokoena’s condition, known as anencephaly, was the cause of his death.
Dr. Ntumda Mutondo told The Associated Press that she performed CPR on
the infant, but couldn’t revive him. Mutondo said the infant died
Wednesday.
Sibusiso, known in South Africa as Baby Mokoena, was born on July 4.
Babies born with anencephaly do not usually survive long. Doctors say
some of the main causes of the condition are vitamin and folic acid
deficiencies during pregnancy.
