Premature Quintupltes Born to 25-year-old Woman in Chattisgarh

Manita Kumari, 25 gave birth to five girl babies at the Civil Hospital in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India.

In a rare instance of childbirth that even surprised the doctors, Manita Kumari, 25 gave birth to quintuplets (five babies) at the Civil Hospital in Ambikapur town of Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district. //

Manita, hailing from a village falling under Lakhanpur Block, was admitted to the Civil Hospital on 31 March by her husband Umesh Kumar.

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‘The quintuplets born were just six to seven months in the womb. They all have very low-birth weight about 1 - 1.5kg.’

The sonography test done before the delivery detected more than two children but, five, was a total surprise.

Dr Tekam, a paediatrician at the hospital said that the infants have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit as they were prematurely born. The babies weigh 1 to 1.5kg and are given utmost care.

"Babies are premature and were just six to seven months in the womb. They all have very low-birth weight (LBW) and survival rate of LBW children even in best hospitals is low," said Dr NP Pandey, chief superintendent of Ambikapur district hospital.

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Dr Pandey said birth of quintuplets is not new in India, but he has never heard about pre-mature quintuplets here so far. The hospital has kept the babies in NICU to protect them from infections as this is the only way to increase their survival rate.

Source-Medindia

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