Before her transfer, she had spent two weeks at a hospital in Bamako, Mali’s capital.
The private Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca confirmed she had given birth there.
The Ain Borja private clinic in Casablanca, Morocco (Abdeljalil Bounhar/AP)
The UK’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), said the birth was an “incredibly rare event but not impossible”.
“A ‘multiple pregnancy’ is the term used when you are expecting two or more babies at the same time. It occurs in about one in 80 pregnancies,” said Asma Khalil, professor of obstetrics and maternal foetal medicine at St George’s Hospital in London and RCOG spokesperson.
Woman gives birth to nine babies after docs missed two in scan
Halima Cisse gave birth to five girls and four boys
The nonuplets and mother are all doing well
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A woman from Mali has given birth to nine babies after ultrasounds initially indicated she was expecting seven, the country’s health ministry has said.
Wednesday May 5, 2021, 9:22 PM
A nurse attending to one of the nonuplets in Morocco. Credit: AP
A woman from Mali has given birth to nine babies - two more than ultrasounds initially indicated.
Halima Cisse gave birth to the nonuplets - five girls and four boys - at a hospital in Morocco after she was flown there in March for specialist care.
The 25-year-old gave birth via Caesarian section and the newborns and mother are said to be doing well , according to Malian health minister Dr Fanta Siby.
Doctors in the West African nation had been concerned for her welfare and the chances of the babies survival - so the government intervened.
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