Yesterday, Sunday dawn, the birth of five twins was witnessed by an Egyptian resident in King Saud Medical City, and Dr. Ola Abdel Majeed Tayeb, the supervisor of the patient’s case, said: The woman arrived at the emergency department of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in the city in an advanced stage of childbirth in her eighth month, where she was diagnosed with three Twins after being given drugs to stimulate the ovaries, and it was a surprise at the time of childbirth, where the medical team discovered the presence of five twins, and the five newborns were dealt with by a team from the nursery department of the children''s hospital
Dr. Ola Al-Tayeb warned that strict controls should be put in place for the use of ovarian stimulant drugs and under close medical supervision, and on the importance of continuous follow-up of pregnant women during pregnancy, in order to deal with any medical problems associated with pregnancy,
On the other hand, Dr. Fawaz Al-Qasim, Director of the Children''s Hospital, explained that the quintuplets are in good health, and their weights range from 500 to 950 grams, and all children are on ventilators.
Dr. Ola Al-Tayeb thanked the General Supervisor of King Saud Medical City, the Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Shuwairkh, the Director of the Children''s Hospital, Dr. Fawaz Al-Qassem, Dr. Nabil Al-Adidan, a neonatal consultant, and the medical team of obstetricians and gynecologists Dr. Amr Saqr Dr. Ibtisam Al-Shammari, as well as the nursery doctors from Dr. Muhammad Yusuf and Dr. Hiyam Musleh for their high professionalism in dealing with such emergency situations.
