Woman Gives Birth to Quintuplets In Nigeria

Never in the history of pregnancy and delivery have I heard of a woman giving birth to more than quadruplets (4 babies) at a time irrespective of sex and gender. History was made recently from a hospital in the North county area of Anambra state in Nigeria recently. The 32 year old woman who had lost previous pregnancy suddenly fell into labor and to her surprise and that of the hospital staff, they were all alarmed to see her delivered of a Quintuplets, that is FIVE babies one after the other. The sad thing is that she lost one of them shortly after birth. Hear the rest of the stories in the succeeding pages below: [nextpagelink][/nextpagelink] An expectant mother, Mrs. Chiamaka Ezeudenyi, had started experiencing her labor pains and was rushed to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, to be delivered of her baby. Though the 32-year-old Mrs. Ezeudenyi who hails from Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state had lost her previous pregnancy, her wish was to have this survive. In the end, she came out of the labour room with an unanticipated but pleasant package. She was delivered of quintuplets. Sadly, one died leaving her with four (two males and two females). Interestingly, the woman was admitted to the hospital when the recent doctor’s strike was on-going. [nextpagelink][/nextpagelink] As the mother of four, Mrs. Ezeudenyi was caught between the mixed feelings of the gift of the four surviving out of the five quintuplets and the prospect of raising them. A business man and well known philanthropist, Chief Louis Carter Izuchukwu Onwugbenu’s (Okpata Ozuo Ora Nnewi) visit to the hospital brought her the needed succour. Chief Onwugbenu popularly known and called Louis Carter was celebrating his 61st birthday with children and friends in his house when news of the uncommon birth filtered in. He excused his friends and quickly left to visit the mother and the new twins at the hospital where he announced the award of automatic scholarship to them up to university level within and outside the country. Chief Onwungbenu said he was moved by pity and compassion for the poor mother and the kids, moreso, their birth coincided with his 61st birthday. He also picked up the hospital bills. Louis Carter did not stop here. He equally extended his benevolence to three patients earlier discharged from the hospital but held hostage by the hospital authorities for failure to pay the sum of about four hundred thousand naira being their total bills. Louis Carter also picked up their bills. The beneficiaries are Uyanwa, Nkechinyere, Ikwuegbe Chizoba and Obi Uchenna. [nextpagelink][/nextpagelink] Chief Onwugbenu said the gesture was to glorify and appreciate God’s abundant blessings on him. In his words Ï was nothing when the hospital was commissioned in 1991. I have every reason to thank God for being exceptionally kind to me. August 15 is my birthday and I want to celebrate with these new set ogf twins who share the same date of birth with me. Since God has endowed me with the means, I have awarded scholarship to the twins and I did this as the spirit directs me to touch the lives of the under-privileged and the physically challenged’’. To read more, Check Here Image Source : John Jardin