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Woman gives birth to quintuplets at DMCH

Tuesday, 9 January 2024


A 26-year-old woman gave birth to five children at once at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday, reports UNB.
Ruma Akter, hailed from Sadar upazila of Chandpur district and wife of Shahid Molla, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Saudi, gave birth to two daughters and three sons at around 11:00 am under the care of Dr Nazma Haque, head of Giyani department of DMCH.
Of them, one daughter was found dead during delivery through a normal process.
However, the remaining four others are in good health. They were kept in the NICU of the neonatal unit due to being underweight.