She gave birth to five girls and four boys, the ministry said.
Despite complications during labour, a Mali woman who gave birth to nine babies – known as nonuplets and she is doing well but the babies will need medical attention for up to three months, according to a spokeswoman for the Casablanca clinic where the woman gave birth late Wednesday.
She was moved to the Moroccan clinic at the end of March.
The children are well, but there is still a risk for them, according to spokesman Abdul Kuddus Hafsi.
He mentioned that 35 medical personnel were present for the caesarian section birth.
The doctors were able to stop a bleeding and save the lives of the mother and all nine children.
After an ultrasound scan, doctors were actually expecting only seven babies, Mali’s Health Ministry said in a statement.
