A 30-year-old woman, Zainab Abu of Makwalla community in
Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State gave birth to a set of quadruplets
in the village without going for any antenatal care or medical check-up.
According to the mother of 12, lack of facilities and the
distance barrier coupled with inadequate transportation facilities in the
village culminated to her inability to attend hospital throughout her pregnancy
period.
She confessed, “l have been giving birth to multiple number
of twins in the village without going for any medical diagnosis, or see a
doctor. This time around wasn’t an exception when l gave birth to these
children without attending any hospital because of the challenges we are going
through in the village.”
Zainab further confessed that throughout her life as a
housewife, she has never attended any antenatal or has been counseled on child
spacing due to the distance of their village to any available medical centre
nearest to their residence.
She explained that she has been giving birth to multiple of
twins, stressing that this is the first time she has given birth to
quadruplets.
Zainab explained, “I have gone through serious pains,
stress, and indeed it’s not really easy giving birth to four kids at a time in
the village without any modern medical support. I thank God for helping me to
have given birth to these children safely.
“I always used traditional medicine and other drugs from
local drugs vendors in the village whenever l felt pains in my body.
“I also chose to give birth in the village for fear of using
the canoe to cross the river and thereafter use motorcycle for a long distance
before getting any modern medical facility. The pain involved and the fear of
the unknown always make some of us in the village to take the risk of giving
birth in the village.”
The husband to Zainab, Mallam Mohammed Kabiru, recall the
excruciating pain his wife went through before giving birth to the quadruplets,
stressing that many women in the community go through similar situations before
giving birth to their children.
Mallam Kabiru explained that his wife has given birth to 12
children besides those that have died due to poor accessibility of modern
medical treatment and appealed to the Kaduna state government to make a Primary
Health Care available in the community to arrest the health challenges they
have gone through in the community.
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