A newborn weighing 5.8 kilograms had a 2.5-kilogram tumor removed at Children Hospital No. 2 in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday evening.

The son of Nguyen Thi T. from southern Kien Giang Province was born last Saturday at HCMC Tu Du Hospital.

Due to presence of the large tumor, the infant was transferred to Children Hospital No. 2 for an operation which lasted three hours.

Doctor Huynh Ngoc Son, the lead surgeon conducting the operation, said the malignant tumor was located inside the buttocks area.

Son said the operation was urgent as the child would have suffered heart failure due to blood being diverted to the tumor.

The baby is presently under care in the hospital’s recovery department.

Reported by Thanh Tung