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World’s smallest baby boy going home at last | South China Morning Post

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This tiny Japanese baby boy, who weighed just 258 grams (9 ounces) at birth, is finally going home. Born in October 2018 at a hospital in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, Ryusuke Sekino is the tiniest baby boy in the world to survive. He had to be delivered via emergency caesarean section at 24 weeks becau…

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