Kupwara: A woman in north Kashmir delivered quadruplets at the sub-district hospital last night, reports said. However, three babies couldn’t survive because they were underweight, said an official.
A woman (name withheld), from Keran Kupwara was admitted with labour pain at PHC Keran. Sensing exigency of the case, the doctors referred the woman to SDH Kupwara around midnight.
The woman delivered four babies at around 2 AM.
GNS quoted hospital’s Medical Superintendent, Dr Mohammad Shafi as saying that such cases are always difficult to tackle. “It fortunately was a normal delivery given the rarity of such cases,” he said adding “such cases usually require a higher degree of assessment and accuracy and the good thing is that we didn’t have to refer the woman to any other hospital”.
However, three of the newborns passed away soon, the news agency quoted a close relative of the mother as saying. The fourth baby was also moved to SKIMS Bemina for specialised treatment, he said.
