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Mumbai: In what is extremely rare, a woman has given birth to quadruplets in Satara district of Maharashtra - years after she delivered twins and a single child.
The woman, Kajal Khakhardia (27) and her husband Vikas Khakhardia (30), work as construction workers in the Saswad area of Pune City.
The woman went to meet her parents in Satara, where she experienced labour pain and was rushed to the Krantisinh Nana Patil Civil Hospital in Satara City.
When doctors conducted the scan, they found that she was carrying four babies, which the woman was unaware of.
While full-term pregnancy is around 38 weeks, the quadruplets were born prematurely in 33 seeks on 12 September.
“Quadruplets are extremely rare,” said Dr Yuvraj Karpe, who is the Civil Surgeon of Satara.
“Considering the seriousness of the condition and the health of the mother, an emergency Caesarean section was performed,” he added.
The babies - three boys and a girl - are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, where they are responding well to treatment while the mother is okay.
The complex surgery was successfully carried out by gynaecologists Dr Sadashiv Desai and Dr Tushar Masram, anaesthetist Dr Nilam Kadam, paediatrician Dr Deepali Rathod Patil, and the support staff.
It was guided by Dr Vinayak Kale, Dean of Government Medical College and Hospital Satara.
The parents - who now have seven kids - said that they are very happy.
“We had three babies earlier and with the four new born babies we now have seven babies,” said Kajal.
“Proper care is being taken by the hospital,” added Vikas.
The couple originally hail from Gujarat and have migrated to Pune for work years ago.
In her first delivery, she had twins - a boy and a girl - and in the second delivery, a girl.