City rents lodgings for parents of Poland's first sextuplets

Incubators with one of the sextuplets, believed to be Poland's first ever and said to be doing fine, that have all been placed in incubators to assist their development at the University Hospital in Krakow, Poland, on Tuesday, 21 May 2019. The babies were born Monday in the 29th week of pregnancy through caesarean section.(AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel) Poland Out

The city of Krakow has rented a two-bedroom apartment for the parents of Poland's first sextuplets, to help them stay close to the hospitalized babies.

The four girls and two boys, believed to be Poland's first ever sextuplets, were born May 20, in the pregnancy's 29th week, through cesarean section at Krakow's University Hospital. They were placed in incubators to assist their development and are expected to remain hospitalized for some three months.

To save the parents and their 2½-year-old son hours of daily drives from their home in Tylmanowa, in the south, Krakow authorities have rented and are paying for a fully equipped apartment for them near the hospital, until the family can return home.

The babies, Filip,Tymon, Zosia, Kaja, Malwina and Nela, were also given layettes bearing the city's symbols.