Limpopo midwives deliver quadruplets at local clinic
Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has lauded midwives and nurses who delivered quadruplets at Masisi Clinic in Musina on Tuesday.
A midwife was on her way home when a heavily pregnant woman entered the clinic.
The midwife returned to assist the patient, only to find that the woman was in labour.
Health spokesperson Neil Shikwambana says the woman had no history of antenatal as she was an undocumented foreign national.
"Without the records of pregnancy because the woman had no history of antenatal since she is a foreign national that is undocumented, the nurse took the necessary risk to deliver the woman and succeeded in delivering the four babies.
"Naturally, delivering quadruplets is a risky and a delicate process which is not done at clinics but at hospital under the supervision of doctors. But this brave midwife together with her staff rose to the occasion. The mother and her bundles of joy were thereafter transferred to Donald Fraser Hospital."
Shikwambana says all the babies are doing well.
"The quadruplets were wighed at birth as 2080g for the first baby, 1800g for the second, 1800g for the third and 1200g for the fourth. The mother and all the babies are doing well save for the fourth one since is admitted in nursery due to low birth weight with mild respiratory distress on nasal prongs.
"Looking at the complexity of the process they underwent in order to deliver these children, we are really proud of their dedication. Also, the fact that the nurses had knocked off but had to go back to be on duty just to assist this one pregnant woman also need to be commended. Contrary to the popularised narration, our nurses aren't all heartless," adds Shikwambana.
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