A Nigerian woman has reportedly died just hours after she gave birth to five babies at the Federal Medical Centre in Asaba.
Emmanuel Ezunu, Head, Clinical Services and Training, Federal
Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, has confirmed the death of a housewife who
died 15 hours after she was delivered of a set of quintuplet, the News
Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports.
According to him, the deceased suffered acute respiratory failure and died after a successful Cesarean Session (CS) delivery.
NAN gathered that late Mrs Onyejekwe was delivered of a set of five female babies.
“The woman in question was brought to the FMC, on the 28th of
January 2019, un-booked; that is to say, she was not a registered
patient here.
“Also, when she came, we noticed that her blood pressure was so
high and the condition put her in a high risk for a normal delivery.
“So, we recommended a caesarean session for safe delivery and she was moved to the theatre for an emergency CS,” he said.
According to them, the woman never knew she was carrying a set of five babies.
He said late Mrs Onyejekwe told the hospital that the last scan she had revealed she was carrying a set of triplet.
Mr Ezunu said that doctors in the hospital successfully delivered the woman of a set of quintuplet at about 9 p.m. same day.
“We delivered the woman of a set of quintuplet, but moments after the delivery she developed respiratory failure.
“We had to rush her to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where
doctors and nurses battled unsuccessfully to stabilise her deteriorating
condition.
“Unfortunately, the woman gave up at about noon the next day,” he narrated.
Also speaking, Oyefara Babatunde, the Head of Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology in the hospital, corroborated Ezunu’s
position on the unfortunate incident.
Mr Babatunde, whose department handled the emergency delivery, disclosed that the babies were 31 weeks old upon delivery.
He said after the delivery the woman twice suffered cardiac arrest in a space of thirty minutes while at the ICU.
“After delivery, the woman developed a respiratory problem known as Pulmonary Thrombo Embolism (PTE).
“It is a complication that has to do with difficulty in
breathing. We tried to stabilise her and while we were battling with
that she fell into cardiac arrest.
“We were able to resuscitate her but moments later she fell
into a second cardiac arrest. The complications were multiple; they were
also occasioned by her high-risk quintuplet pregnancy.
“Pulmonary Thrombo Embolism is a condition of abnormal blood clot formed in the lower limbs and released massively into the lungs.
“It is so unfortunate that the woman died because after the
successful delivery of five babies, the whole hospital was jubilating.
“But our joy and jubilation was turned into sadness and cries. It is really a sad incident.
“However, the five babies are currently under intensive care at the hospital and I can inform you that they are doing fine,“ he said.
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