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Lebanese woman gives birth to sextuplets
Beirut, Oct 12: A Lebanese woman has given birth to sextuplets - four girls and two boys, hospital officials said.
Beirut, Oct 12: A Lebanese woman has given birth
to sextuplets - four girls and two boys, hospital officials
said.
Doctors delivered the babies yesterday by caesarian
section 30 weeks into Soumaya Ghosson's pregnancy, officials
at the suburban Al-Hayat hospital said.
The babies and mother are "doing fine," said one
official on condition of anonymity.
The babies weigh between 0.5 kilograms and 1.1
kilograms. The girls were named Batool, Mariyam, Aya and
Hitaf, while the boys were called Ali and Abdelrahman,
hospital officials said.
The parents were not available for comment.
Bureau Report
Bureau Report