RABAT, Morocco — The nine babies born to a Malian woman on May 4 are doing well but need to remain under observation for up to two more months, the Moroccan clinic where she delivered said Wednesday.
Abdelkoddous Hafsi, spokesman for Ain Borja clinic in the city of Casablanca, said the nonuplets were now breathing without assistance as they had “crossed the stage of respiratory distress”.
They are being tube-fed and their weight has “significantly” increased, to between 800 grammes and 1.4 kilograms (1.7 and three pounds), he told AFP.
The mother, 25-year-old Halima Cisse from Timbuktu in northern Mali, is staying near her five baby girls and four boys.
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