The baby boy, who has been named Angelito - meaning little angel or cherub - was born at the hospital of Caleta, in the city of Chimbote, in the west Peruvian province of Santa with two tube like nosries
Paediatrician Jose Castillo said the unusual condition was the result of a very rare genetic deformity called Patau syndrome, which happens in just one in every 15,000 births. The hospital's neonatal care boss Carlos Arrestegui Ramos said: 'He doesn't have difficulty breathing now, but he will need plastic surgery.'
The baby was transferred from his home in Nuevo Chimbote to the Hospital del Nino some 300 miles away in the capital Lima where he will need to undergo an operation to treat his malformation and give him a normal nose.
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