THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN TEACHING HOSPITAL MAKES HISTORY WITH IVF DELIVERY
The premier university teaching hospital (UCH) has took the delivery of IVF triplet , the first of it kind in the foremost university Teaching Hospital.
The University College Hospital, Ibadan, on Wednesday announced the delivery of triplets for it first Vitro Fertilization in the hospital. the procedure for the delivery commenced at about 1pm and lasted about 46minutes. It was learnt that the mother and the babies, all females, are in good condition and improving as at the time of press
The babies weighed 1.4kg, 2.5kg and 2.4kg respectively. The elated father, Dr Kehinde Osiki of the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, was said to be on ground to witness the delivery of the babies. The process which lasted up to an hour was the first of its kind in the foremost premier university teaching hospital.
The happy father expresses his happiness in his words, “Technology has brought relief to problems often attributed to spirituality.” He stated that instead of people carrying the burden of superstition, they should seek scientific solutions to problems, adding that married couples who could not have babies should not to lose hope as solutions abound.
The mother of the triplets works with the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan.and it's said to have return to normal state of health after the delivery.
source: punchng
