Impoverished Egyptian septuplet’s family – a failure of infertility treatment?

Marijke Durning, RN — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:02:53 +0000

The news of the birth of septuplets to an impoverished Egyptian family who already had three girls, has raised a debate on the use of fertility treatments. The 27-year-old mother, Ghazala Khamis, had been trying for five years to get pregnant again – hopefully for a boy – before taking fertility drugs. She did end up with her boy, three times over, and four more girls.

In a country where the medical resources are very limited for such intensive medical needs, many are calling the doctor who prescribed the drugs as being foolhardy