The baby boy was reported to have weighed only 268 grams at birth, which is a little over half a pound.
After five months of nutrition management, the baby's weight increased to 7 pounds, 2 ounces.
Once he was sent home, he became the world's smallest baby born to be sent home from the hospital healthy.
Before him, the record was held by a baby boy in Germany who weighed 274 grams at his birth in 2009.
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