- Title: The Girl With 8 Limbs Update
- Date: 1st January 1970
- Description:Lakshmi was born with eight limbs as a result of being conjoined to a partial twin. She was immediately worshipped by her parents and others in their poverty stricken village as the reincarnation of Lakshmi,the eight legged goddess of prosperity and wealth. But they faced a dilemma. Only a groundbreaking operation to remove the conjoined twin's limbs could keep their daughter alive but the same gruelling operation also carried many risks. In a modern hospital in the frenetic city of Bangalore ,all seeming a million miles from their hut in the village,and the superstitions of their religion,they agreed for their daughter to undergo the 18 hour operation. Now,a year later,she has not only survived but flourished. This film re-visits little Lakshmi,now three-years-old to find out how she's developing and to see what further operations and treatment she still needs to develop as normally as possible. We also return with her to her village where the worst droughts in 50 years were blamed by some on the fact that after the operation she was no longer the goddess who protected them from disasters.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Music
- Producer:Zig Zag Productions Ltd.
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1970s