Algeria: born 7, a pregnant woman

According to the Algerian Ministry of Health, a 29-year-old woman from Boumerdes gave birth to 1 boy and 6 girls. However, the boy died at birth.

Souhila Touil married three years ago, became pregnant after a period of treatment and follow-up at the maternity hospital. On April 18, at Mentouri Hospital in Kouba (Algiers), she gave birth after 32 weeks (more than 7 months) pregnant.

According to health experts, this is a rare case, on average every year there are less than 10 such cases in the world. All babies are currently kept in an incubator, weighing between 700 gr and 1,400 gr.

Souhila Touil's happiness after the caesarean birth (Photo: TTO) Local reporters said Souhila was very happy with her children, but also worried, because she did not know how to take care of her children in poverty situation.

Her husband, Ferhat Touil, is just an ordinary employee in a state company. His 10-member family lives in a very small house in Boumerdes.

'Allah has given me 6 daughters. I hope the government will give me a bigger house so that I can take care of my children and educate them to become useful people in the future, ' Ferhat said. He also thanked all of the Kouba hospital staff, including the hospital director, the doctors, the nurses, the cleaning staff who had wholeheartedly helped him.

Immediately after being informed that six girls were born, Amar Tou Algerian Health Minister visited the hospital and encouraged his pregnant women and said he would be interested in helping this family. The local government also said it would recommend that their fathers leave for two years to help look after their children, and will consider housing support for the Souhila couple.

It is known that the children of Souhila couple are named Baya, Rima, Radia, Shahinez, Ikram and Shaima respectively.

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