Chhattisgarh, Apr 4 (Quint) : In a rare instance of childbirth that even surprised the doctors, a 25-year-old lady gave birth to quintuplets (five babies) at the Civil Hospital in Ambikapur town of Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district on Saturday.
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 children are, however, healthy otherwise, he added.
The mother, Manita, hailing from a village falling under Lakhanpur Block, was admitted to the Civil Hospital on 31 March by her husband Umesh Kumar.
Manita’s kin had got a sonography test done before the delivery. The test had detected more than two children, but five were definitely far from their imagination.
This is Manita’s second delivery, said her kin, adding that two-three years back she had given birth to a child, who died shortly after birth.