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A baby was born at University Hospital Magdeburg, weighing just under 1lb.

Her birth happened four months before her expected due date

She is now a toddler and is being referred to as “an extraordinary medical success"

A baby who was born weighing just under 1lb. is now thriving and “an extraordinary medical success,” according to the German hospital that cared for her.

The child, whose identity and birth date are being kept private, arrived four months early and was “successfully delivered thanks to state-of-the-art medicine and tireless care,” the University Hospital Magdeburg said in a recent press release .

The hospital said that the average survival rate worldwide for a baby that size is about 25%.

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