Healthy Baby Born to Woman Brain-Dead for Almost 4 Months

A healthy baby has been born to a woman who has been brain-dead for almost four months, hospital officials say.

The boy was born in Portugal's capital Lisbon by Caesarean section after 32 weeks, weighing 2.35kg (5lb, 3oz).

His mother was declared brain dead on February 20 after having a brain haemorrhage.

"The foetus appeared to be in good health [so] the decision was taken with the family to follow through with the pregnancy," the hospital said.

It added that the birth represented Portugal's longest-ever survival of a foetus whose mother was brain-dead.

In January, a baby boy was born in Wroclaw, Poland, after surviving for 55 days in the womb of his mother, who had been declared brain-dead after a tumour.