TIMERGARA: A woman gave birth to quintuplets at a private hospital here on Sunday, hospital sources said, adding the mother and the children were in good health.

The couple had been childless for the last few years. Sources said a woman, a resident of Kadh Maidan, was brought to the Musarat Shaukat Medical Complex in Timergara in a critical condition.

Dr Musarat Ali, a gynecologist at the hospital, suggested a major operation to her to which the relatives agreed. Sources said the operation took half an hour and the woman gave birth to five children — three boys and two girls.

The family celebrated the birth of five children and distributed sweets among the patients and their attendants at the hospital.

Published in Dawn, June 29th, 2015

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