'Extremely premature' baby discharged

Defying the odds, a baby born after just 22 weeks of gestation and weighing merely 450 grams has been discharged from the Children's Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai on Friday.

The infant, which was smaller than a bottle of water at birth, set a new record for the youngest surviving premature baby in Shanghai, marking a breakthrough in the treatment of "extremely premature" infants at the hospital, which is a national-level medical center for children.

The girl, nicknamed Lele, was born with fragile vital signs on July 27 at a hospital in Fengxian district on the outskirts of the city. Her mother, who prefers to remain anonymous, had experienced several miscarriages before.