- A Kenyan woman has given birth to five
babies in Tanzania
- The woman had fled to Tanzania after the
doctors strike in Kenya
A pregnant Kenyan woman who had fled to
Tanzania, after she failed to get proper medical care due to a doctors strike,
has given birth to five babies.
Kenyan woman gives birth
to five babies in Tanzania after escaping the doctors strike in Kenya.
Bahati Tabu, a 37-year-old single mother
from Taita-Taveta County, gave birth to the quintuplets at Faraja Health Centre
in Himo District on Sunday, December 11.
Sadly for Bahati, she lost four of the
babies, with the fifth one a girl currentlty under special care to save her
life.
Sadly for Bahati, she
lost four of the babies, with the fifth one a girl currently under special care
to save her life.
Bahati said she failed to get medical
attention in Taveta and had no choice but to cross over to Tanzania.
"My neighbours decided to bring me to Himo, where I eventually
gave birth. I was, however, devastated to hear that four had died, but that is
God's will," she said.
Neighbours contributed money for Bahati, as
she was a poor single mother with ten other children at home, to enable her
make the long journey to Tanzania.
A pregnant Kenyan woman
who had fled to Tanzania, after she failed to get proper medical care due to a
doctors strike has given birth to five babies.
According to doctors, they had expected
Bahati to be pregnant with quadruplets, but were shocked when she delivered
quintuplets.
"We immediately took her to the delivery room where
she started to give birth in quick succession.
"Her first baby was a girl weighing 600 grammes, who survived.
She then delivered three baby boys, who died shortly after they were
born," a doctor is quoted.
According to the doctors, the mother is
recuperating at the Tanzanian hospital.
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