Why did AAMC delay the announcement that quintuplets had been born at the medical center on December 2, 2008?
As with any public medical announcement, a patient’s privacy, health, and safety are paramount. In this case, AAMC clinical teams were working to ensure the health and safety of six individual lives, making an immediate public announcement difficult. Quintuplets, as with all babies born prematurely, can present unique clinical challenges. The AAMC public relations team stayed in close contact with the physicians, nurses, and neonatal intensive care clinical team caring for Adwai Malual and her five babies to identify the most appropriate time to share this story with the public.
