A woman from Mali who gave birth to nine babies - known as nonuplets - is doing well despite complications during delivery.
The babies will need medical care for up to three months, a spokesman from the Casablanca clinic where the woman gave birth told dpa late Wednesday. She had been transferred to the clinic in Morocco at the end of March.
The children are well but there is still a risk for them, spokesman Abdul Kuddus Hafsi said.
There were 35 medical staff present for the birth by caesarian section, he said.
The doctors were able to stop a bleed and save the lives of the mother and all nine children.
After an ultrasound scan, doctors were actually expecting only seven babies, Mali's Health Ministry said in a statement.
The woman gave birth to five girls and four boys, the ministry said.
Babies from multiple pregnancies often do not all survive as they are frequently born early.
The woman from Mali was in her 30th week of pregnancy when she gave birth, Hafsi said.
An American woman holds the Guinness World Record for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive. Nadya Suleman gave birth to eight babies - octuplets - in 2009.
Latest Stories
-
Chale Wote Street Art Festival: A call for artists ahead of 2024 edition
38 mins -
Floods: We’re exposed but my team and I are ‘running’ to catch up – Oppong Nkrumah
45 mins -
5 traits of sweet, committed men that may seem like red flags at first
2 hours -
We met on Twitter and our first date was a week-long road trip
2 hours -
The biggest mistake people make when meeting someone in person after talking online
2 hours -
I traveled 500 miles for a first date
3 hours -
My cousin saved my life and she never knew
3 hours -
Top UN court orders Israel to allow food and medical aid into Gaza
3 hours -
Fallen ‘Crypto King’ Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years for fraud
3 hours -
The architecture we have used to tackle housing deficit has not been robust enough – Oppong Nkrumah
3 hours -
Government suspends implementation of price Stabilisation and Recovery levy on petroleum products
4 hours -
Takoradi traders lament over low sales ahead of Easter
6 hours -
I’ve served Effia constituency well – Joseph Cudjoe
6 hours -
Michael Ampadu: One Student, One Tablet initiative will shape the future of education and innovation
6 hours -
I will partner you for development – Alan tells TUC
6 hours