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By Matt Roper: 15:05 GMT, 19 May 2012

- A team of five doctors at the Santa Isabel maternity hospital had spent hours trying to deliver the baby
- Mother, 22, who has three other children, told her family she heard something 'crack'



Doctors in Brazil accidentally tore the head off a baby they were struggling to deliver, it was reported today.

The horrific incident occurred after the child became stuck as it was being born in Aracaju, northeastern Brazil.

The baby boy's headless body remained inside the mother and had to be removed by Caesarian.

A team of five doctors at the Santa Isabel maternity hospital had spent hours trying to deliver the baby in the
early hours of Tuesday.

The 22-year-old mother, who has three other children, told her family she knew something was wrong when
she heard something 'crack'.

The young mother asked what was happening but didn't get an answer. She was rushed for an emergency
Caesarian where, according to the woman, the headless body of the baby was removed.

The hospital's clinic director Debora Leite today said that a committee of professionals had been set up to
investigate the baby's death.

The family confirmed they intend to sue for medical negligence.