Rare quintuplets receive 3.1 billion VND in support in Korea

According to the Korea JoongAng Daily , Ms. Sagong Hye-ran gave birth to five babies, three boys and two girls, on September 20 at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital.

Ultrasound image of 5 fetuses born last week in Seoul

PHOTO: ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

This is the first naturally conceived quintuplets in Korea. The previous two births, in 1987 and 2021, were both conceived through fertilization. Ms. Sagong conceived after receiving ovulation-stimulating injections.

The due date was in December but specialists recommended an early delivery due to the mother showing signs of pregnancy poisoning.

The babies were born at 27 weeks after a complicated caesarean section. The first baby, born at 11:37 am, was a boy and the last baby, born at 11:43 am, was a girl. They weighed between 736 and 969 grams. The five newborns were immediately taken to the intensive care unit.

Ms. Sagong and her husband, Kim Joon-yeong, both work in education in Dongducheon city, 39 kilometers north of the capital Seoul.

Ms. You Hye-mi, Senior Secretary to the President of South Korea, presents a gift from the president to Mr. Kim Joon-yeong, husband of the pregnant woman.

PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF KOREA

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol congratulated the couple and presented them with gifts, including clothes, natural seaweed, and postpartum recovery foods.

President Yoon congratulated the couple for keeping the babies safe during pregnancy and the medical team that helped with the preparation and surgery.

The presidential office gave the couple vouchers worth 14 million won for childcare products, and 5 million won in financial support for medical and care expenses.

The president's gift includes seaweed, baby shirts and hats in five colors.

PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF KOREA

Dongducheon City Government gives away 15 million won vouchers, including a credit line for local spending.

According to Korea JoongAng Daily , the total state and local support the couple will receive to raise their child in the coming years is worth more than 170 million won (3.13 billion VND).

South Korea is in a “national demographic emergency” due to its declining population. The average number of children born per woman fell to a record low of 0.72 in 2023, far below the 2.1 children per woman needed to maintain a stable population without immigration.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ca-sinh-5-hiem-co-duoc-ho-tro-31-ti-dong-tai-han-quoc-185240924112421512.htm