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One doctor delivers four sets of twins in 24 hours
In 19 years of practice, Wisconsin obstetrician Dr. Ken Merkitch had never experienced anything like it. He wasnt just seeing double, he was seeing octuple.
In one 24-hour period beginning last Friday and ending early Saturday, he delivered four sets of twins and nine babies overall at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wis.
It started out very quiet, Merkitch told TODAY co-host Matt Lauer on Wednesday. Then the first couple had called, the Davises, and very active labor, and then everybody came in. As one couple was getting ready to deliver, the next would call and come in, so it was sort of steady throughout the day. In 19 years of practice, Wisconsin obstetrician Dr. Ken Merkitch had never experienced anything like it. He wasnt just seeing double,... more -
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