On Thursday, a 17-year -old woman, Safiya Sani, was delivered of
conjoined twins at the Mararaba Medical Centre, Mararaba Gurkuin,
Nasarawa State.
Dr. Angela Smart the medical superintendent of
the health centre during an interview with newsmen revealed that the
woman was referred to the hospital at 10am on Thursday from Mararaba
Primary Health Centre when they were not able to deliver her of the
babies.
She said: “While we were taking the delivery, we
discovered that she could not do so through her virginal so we took her
to the theatre and that was where we discovered that the babies were
joined.”
Smart stated that the woman came with a scan
result indicating that she was carrying a set of twins, which also
indicated that the babies were coming with legs but could not pick that
they were conjoined.
Dr. Smart said the babies were however,
referred to the National Hospital since there are no facilities at her
hospital to separate the babies.
She used the medium to appeal to
all pregnant women to adhere strictly to directive given to them during
antenatal and to ensure that they attend antenatal regularly and early
as well as taking their drugs especially the folic acid. “Most of these
women joke with those drugs,” she said.
While speaking with some
journalists, Mrs. Sani said that she registered at Mararaba Primary
Health Centre when her pregnancy was five months old. She added that she
neither anticipated having conjoined twins nor having any complications
at birth.
Safiya, a seamstress, said her husband, Sani Ahmed, is
an Arabic teacher in one of the mosques in Mararaba. She appealed to
the federal and state governments and well-meaning Nigerians for help to
save the lives of the babies.
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