A 13-year old girl gave birth to triplets yesterday, Monday 16 December at the Maternidad Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia, the leading maternity hospital in the country. The child was referred to the center after doctors ascertained she was pregnant with triplets. The father is known to be a man called David who on the run from the law. He was accused of seducing a minor. Hospital director Dr. Victor Calderon said that the babies were in the intensive care unit because they were born at 34 weeks. The babies, named Samuel, Josue and Jovanny weighed 4.2, 3.10 and 3.8 lbs at birth and are growing satisfactorily. The girl will be sent back to her home in Los Corozos, San Jose de Ocoa.