Baby undergoes successful surgery to remove head-sized mass

Shailah Ariya Persaud with the mass still attached to her head (GPH photo)

Local doctors recently performed a successful surgery to remove a mass which presented itself as a “second head” from a newborn baby.

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) announced on Saturday that the successful six-hour procedure was performed on Shailah Ariya Persaud, who was diagnosed with a rare Neural tube defect days after she was born.