Mentally-Challenged Woman Delivers Twins In Ekiti Hospital
An Ekiti state-based hospital on Saturday successfully delivered a mentally-challenged woman, popularly called ‘Iya Kamo’, of a set of twins — a boy and girl.
The woman delivered her babies, said to be quite healthy, at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Ido-Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti state.
“Iya Kamo’’ and the new babies are doing well, Spokesman of the hospital, Mr Bank Akinnuoye, said in a statement issued on Sunday.
Akinnuoye commended the hospital’s Management and the Ido/Osi Local Government Council for their timely response to the hospital’s call.
Available reports indicate that before Saturday’s delivery, “Iya Kamo’’ had a child with whom she has been roaming the streets of Ido-Ekiti.
It was gathered that she regained consciousness while she was pregnant and the hospital had been giving her antenatal care.
Reacting to the delivery, the Chairman of Ido-Osi Local Government Council, Dr Sola Ogunsina, expressed gratitude to God, management and staff of the hospital for taking care of the woman and the babies.
He presented cash gifts to support the needs of the mother and her babies and called on well-meaning Nigerians to extend humanitarian gestures to the trio considering the mother’s situation.
It is unclear whether any member of her family has shown up at the hospital since she delivered the babies. – NAN report
