The Guinness World Record nonuplets celebrated their first birthday last month. The father, who is an officer in the Malian army shares how his wife managed to take care of their babies from weighing less than a kilo (2 lbs) to healthy one-year-olds now.
Premature nonuplets born in Morocco are stable but fragile
• Associated Press • May 21, 2021
Paediatrician Dr. Msayif Khali examines with a stethoscope one of the nine babies protected in an incubator at the maternity unit of the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca, Morocco, Thursday May 20, 2021, two weeks after Mali s Halima Cisse, 25, gave birth to nine healthy babies. (Abdeljalil Bounhar/AP)
CASABLANCA, Morocco Nine premature newborns that a 25-year-old Malian woman gave birth to are being closely monitored in a Moroccan clinic, with medical staff working around the clock to stabilize their health.
Halima Cissé gave birth to the nonuplets five girls and four boys earlier this month in Morocco after the Malian government flew her there for specialist care. The babies weighed between 500 grams to 1 kilogram (1.1 pound to 2.2 pounds) at birth.
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