A woman has successfully given birth to quadruplets at the Masisi Clinic near Musina in Limpopo, the Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has said, despite having no history of antenatal treatment.
News24 reports that the midwife was leaving the clinic after closing time on Tuesday afternoon when she met the heavily pregnant woman whom she realised was in labour, said the MEC's spokesperson Thilivhali Muavha.
“Without records of pregnancy because the woman had no history of antenatal … the nurse took the risk and succeeded in delivering the four babies,” he said.
Muavha said delivering quadruplets was a risky and delicate process and not usually done at clinics but in hospitals under doctors” supervision. “But this brave midwife and her staff rose to the occasion.”
The mother and her infants were subsequently transferred to Donald Fraser Hospital.
“One weighed 2 080g, two were 1 800g and the fourth was 1 200g.” The mother and babies were doing well, but the smallest baby was receiving treatment for low birth weight and mild respiratory distress.