Jharkhand: Woman begets all-girl quintuplets at Ranchi's RIMS

Five premature baby girls are born to a woman at Ranchi's RIMS (Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences) in Jharkhand. The babies are put in NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) as their weight is below normal. Management says it is the first time that quintuplets are born at their hospital.

Ranchi (Jharkhand) : At RIMS here, which is Jharkhand's largest hospital, a woman has given birth to five girls at the same time on Monday. The woman is a resident of Itkhori in the Chatra district. The woman has given birth to all the children within seven months of pregnancy. All the newborns are premature and weigh much less than normal.

As a result, all the children have been kept in NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). Doctors are constantly monitoring the children. On the other hand, the relatives of the woman are surprised at this and arrived to take a look at the babies. At the same time, this thing remains a topic of discussion in RIMS (Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences) as well.

According to the information, the woman was earlier getting her treatment done at Arogyam Hospital in Hazaribagh. The woman had many other physical problems. Due to this, the woman was also having difficulty conceiving, but after continuous treatment, she became pregnant. After which she was admitted to RIMS for her delivery.

The woman was undergoing treatment under the supervision of Dr Shashi Bala Singh posted at RIMS. The normal delivery of the woman has been done under the supervision of the doctor. On the other hand, according to the information received from RIMS management, the condition of the mother is normal, but all the children are currently admitted to NICU under the supervision of the doctor.

In this regard, the management said that this is the first time in RIMS that a mother has given birth to five children simultaneously. For the first time in Jharkhand and possibly in neighbouring Bihar too, a woman had given birth to five children simultaneously, sources said.