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Woman delivers sextuplets in Nigeria
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-23 09:08 LAGOS -- Nigeria recorded the birth of its first set of sextuplets on Saturday at the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital (OOTH), Sagamu, when a woman named Amuda Ajoke Bello, aged 32, gave birth to the six babies around 4: 00 a.m., local media reported Sunday. Chairman of Board of Directors of the Teaching Hospital, Professor Femi Ajayi said the babies, three boys and three girls, who are under intensive care at the hospital, weighed between 650, 600, 850, while the three others weigh 900 grams respectively. He disclosed that the woman had two kids before the latest delivery. The woman, who comes from Ijebu Igbo in Ogun State, is said to be in stable condition. Professor Ajayi attributed the feat and the success of the birth to "pure professionalism." This was the first time the nation would be recording this highest birth as four were delivered at one hospital in Minna, Niger State, last year. The father, a battery charger, was said to have fled when he received the news. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health Abiodun Oduwole was on ground to see the mother and the children. The management of the Hospital has decided to take care of the medical bill in a bid to lessen the burden of the parents of the sextuplets. |
