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AMAZING: Twenty-Five-Year-Old Malian Gives Birth To Nonuplets
- “the mother and babies are doing well so far,”
Twenty-five year old Malian woman, Halima Cisse, was on Tuesday delivered of nine babies in a Moroccan hospital, authorities in Mali have said
Experts describe the seldom fecund occurrence as amazing birthing exploits.
According to Yahoo news, the mother and the nine babies are in good shape and stable condition.
However, authorities in Morocco said they were not privy to the development.
Spokesman of the Moroccan health ministry, Rachid Koudhari, said record of Halima’s birthing feat was not captured in any of the country’s medical facilities.
But the Malian health ministry disclosed in a statement that Ms Cisse gave birth to four boys and five girls by Caesarean section.
Ms Cisse was flown to Morocco by the Malian government on March 30 to enable her receive quality medical attention in the northern African country.
The decision to fly her to Morocco became imperative as they had found out that examinations of the ultrasound done in both countries suggested that she had seven babies in her womb, Malian health ministry said in a statement.
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Speaking with AFP, Malian health minister, Fanta Siby revealed that she has been kept abreast by the Malian doctor who followed Ms Cisse to Morocco.
Ms Siby further stated that “the mother and babies are doing well so far,” adding that “they are due to return home in several weeks time.”
The local media had reported that doctors expressed worry and uncertainty about her condition while hoping for the survival of the nine children as the successful carrying and delivery of septuplets is rare, let alone nanoplets.
However, after the safe delivery of the babies, minister Siby gave kudos “to the medical team of Mali and Morocco, whose professionalism is at the origin of the happy outcome of this pregnancy.”
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