Elena Shpagina

Elena Shpagina, 27, Lviv-dweller, advertising agency manager rests in in the Lviv-based Regional Clinical Hospital's maternity department after shegave birth to quadruplets on Wednesday, January 10, 2001. A day before, on January 9, at 19.30 Elena gave birth to three girls and a boy. First within the 10 years of Ukrainian independence 4 quadruplets were born simultaneously. Children born in weight of 2-2.2 kg, feel good as well as their mother Elena Shpagina, 27, Lviv-dweller, advertising agency manager. Children remain in the separated ward in 4 special boxes, which were beforehand prepared for them by the hospital collaborators, who guided the pregnancy and expected the delivery a long before the January 9. Doctors will continue the observation of children, after mother and children leave the hospital. The medical post will be organized in Elena's home. Photo by Vysokyi Zamok paper/ UNIAN