Baby born with one eye and no visible nose in Kendari, Indonesia.
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A newborn with one central eye and no visible external nose was born at RSUD Kota Kendari in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, on May 19, 2026, according to published accounts of the case.
The baby's parents were reported to be from Konawe Islands Regency, the region that includes Wawonii Island. Video circulated after the birth clearly shows the unusual facial anatomy, including a single centrally positioned eye and the absence of a normally formed external nose.
The infant was born with a severe congenital abnormality and experienced breathing problems shortly after delivery. Medical personnel at the hospital provided treatment, but the baby died within several hours.
Accounts differ slightly on how long the newborn survived. Several reports state that the baby lived for about five hours, while another later account placed the period at approximately four hours. No publicly released hospital or local health authority statement located in connection with the case establishes an exact survival time.
The condition was widely described in coverage of the case as cyclopia, a rare congenital abnormality associated with severe forms of holoprosencephaly. No publicly available case-specific medical statement was located confirming that diagnosis for this particular infant, so the term remains a reported medical description rather than a publicly documented diagnosis.
Cyclopia refers to the formation of a single centrally positioned eye or eye structure. It is associated with severe disruption of early development of the brain and face.
Holoprosencephaly occurs when the developing forebrain does not divide normally into right and left hemispheres during the earliest stages of pregnancy. In its most severe forms, major abnormalities can affect the brain, eyes, nose and other facial structures.
Severe forms can be fatal before birth or shortly afterward. Problems involving breathing, feeding, neurological function and other vital processes can accompany the underlying brain abnormality.
The visible facial characteristics in the Kendari video are consistent with features that can occur in cyclopia, but images alone cannot establish the complete neurological diagnosis, genetic cause or other internal abnormalities.
Published accounts said the newborn received medical attention after delivery because of the severity of the condition and respiratory difficulty. One account also described additional abnormalities involving the head and ears, but those details were not consistently documented across the available reporting and have not been included as established findings.
The original viral narrative said the parents had undergone an ultrasound during the pregnancy and had been told that the fetus had an abnormal condition. No ultrasound report or medical record has been made publicly available to verify the precise prenatal findings.
The case became widely shared on Indonesian social media after video of the newborn circulated online. One of the narratives attached to the viral posts claimed that the mother had previously injured a cat while angry and later experienced guilt and disturbing dreams during the pregnancy.
There is no medical evidence establishing any connection between that alleged incident and the baby's congenital abnormality. Congenital brain and facial malformations arise during fetal development and can involve genetic, chromosomal and other developmental factors. In many cases, determining a specific cause requires detailed medical and genetic evaluation.
The mother's alleged interaction with an animal therefore cannot be presented as an explanation for the condition.
The baby's identity and the identities of the parents were not publicly established in the material reviewed. Published accounts consistently described the family as being from Konawe Islands Regency and placed the delivery at RSUD Kota Kendari.
The later reports also established an outcome that was not included in some of the earliest viral coverage: the newborn did not survive beyond the first several hours after birth.
No detailed public statement from the hospital or local health authorities was located confirming the infant's complete medical diagnosis, specific cause of death, prenatal test results or whether genetic or postmortem testing was performed.
News story written by DarkGore.
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