Tiny US baby goes home

A baby born weighing less than 9oz and believed to be the smallest yet to survive has gone home after nearly six months in hospital.

Rumaisa Rahman’s prognosis “is very good” and she was expected to have normal physical and mental development, said Dr Jonathan Muraskas, who provided care for the tiny girl and her larger twin sister, Hiba, after their births on September 19 at Loyola University Medical Centre outside Chicago.