Baby born with organs on outside leaves hospital

LITTLE Victoria Nolan has been in hospital since the day she was born but she’s going home to her mother and twin sister for Christmas.

The 19-month-old toddler from Killarney, Co Kerry, has bravely battled with a condition called Exomphlas. The rare defect meant Victoria's organs, including her liver, spleen and bowel were outside her body.

"Her tummy was virtually transparent as the skin was like cling film and her organs were contained outside in a pouch the size of a tennis ball," her mother Deirdre, 24, said.