Man born with two extra legs seeks medical help to remove them

A young man born with four legs desperately wants doctors to amputate two of them. Arun Kumar, from Uttar Pradesh, India, has two extra legs growing from his lower back, which affect his ability to move or walk properly. After living for 15 years without any kind of treatment, the 22-year-old launched an online plea for medial help to remove his additional limbs. He was delighted when a team of specialists at Fortis Hospital in Delhi responded to his request. The team has now organised a series of tests to find out how his legs are attached and if he can be treated.

Arun said: "If I get an operation and doctors take off my two extra legs, then I can also live a normal life.
Despite not being able to move his extra legs, Arun does have feeling in them and carrying the weight on his back is damaging his posture and ability to walk. When Arun was born his parents took him to hospitals and sought treatment in cities across India. Arun's mother Kokila Devi said: "During childbirth he got stuck and didn't come out without pain. And when he came out, all his limbs were the same size.
"When my father-in-law saw Arun he took his bullock cart and took me to Farrukhabad."
The doctors at Farrukhabad deemed Arun's extra legs too risky to operate on - especially on such a young baby - and the family were sent home.
Despite Arun's parents travelling all over the country for five years to get the help their first son needed, the family were forced to return to their village and learn to live with Arun's condition.
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Hermant Sharma, who examined Arun, discovered he also has a second pelvis, and arranged a series of tests, including MRI and CT scans, x-rays and echocardiograms, to find out how the extra legs are connected and how they are affecting his body. Hopefully, Arun will have a successful surgery that will transform his life as his story in a new series of Body Bizarre on Thursday, November 3, 10pm, on TLC.