CASABLANCA – 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. Reports show that only two other sets of nonuplets have been recorded since the 1970s, but the babies all died within days. “It is a pride for all of Morocco,” said Youssef Alaoui, director of the Ain Borja Clinic in Casablanca, where the newborns are being treated. “Now the challenge is to