Halima Cisse, a 25 year old Malian national has given birth to nine children at a single birth, five girls and four boys in Morocco on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.
The woman according to the Malian government was flown to Morocco to have a better health care on 30th March, 2021 after it was captured in an ultra sound that she is carrying 7 children earlier March.
The birth of the children was conceived through Caesarean section because doctors were concerned of her health and the babies’ chances of survival.
Health Minister of Mali, Fanta Siby said, “The mother and babies are doing well so far.”
“They are due to return home in several weeks’ time,”
Doctors had been concerned about Cisse’s health, according to local press reports, as well as her babies’ chances of survival.
Mali’s health ministry said that ultrasound examinations conducted in both Mali and Morocco had suggested that Cisse was carrying seven babies.