Baby survives transplant of five new organs

The boy, Elijah Moulton received a replacement liver, pancreas, small bowel, colon, and stomach during the course of a seven-hour operation at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, in New York.

Eight-month-old Elijah was apparently born with a rare deadly disease called total intestinal atresia, which prevented him from eating.

The baby boy is from the small Adirondack village in Lewis, Essex County, 170km north of Albany; he has a brother age five and a sister age three.

Elijah is expected to undergo rehabilitation and start to learn to eat next week.