When will our Hospital Learn to have human heart? When I saw this story my first reaction was that of dismay. This is Wickedness in the highest form. Below is how"
THE MIRROW "reported it.
The arrival of a baby in a family naturally should exude joy and happiness, let alone when triplets are delivered. Many well-to-dos are ready to pay any amount to have them. But for Temitope Sanni and her husband, the birth of a set of triplets into the family was more of a curse than blessing. Temitope, 36, lives with her husband and two children at Otto-Ilogbo slum, Oyingbo area of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Last Monday, she went into labour and was delivered of a set of triplets (all boys) by her nurse niece. The period of Temitope’s labour did not last two hours and she successfully delivered the three babies, without stepping into a hospital. But after delivery of the babies, there was need for the babies to be examined by competent medical practitioners, as prescribed by the nurse who attended to their mother.
In so doing, Temitope, accompanied by her mother and husband, dashed to a nearby health facility, Damisile clinic, from where they were referred to another hospital. At the other hospital, doctors reportedly recommended some medications for the new babies but neither Temitope, nor their father could afford the N4, 000 required for the drugs.