The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced the successful delivery of quadruplets at the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital, Azare, under its Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) programme.
NHIA Director-General, Dr. Kelechi Ohiri, said the babies — two boys and two girls — were born via caesarean section on Sept.ember18 to Mrs. Hauwa Usman, a 35-year-old mother who had initially been diagnosed with triplets.
Ohiri, who visited the family, praised the husband, Abubakar Adamu, for transporting his wife 35 kilometres from Gambaki village in Katagum LGA to access care, stressing that the intervention saved both mother and babies while shielding them from huge medical costs.
He explained that the CEmONC programme provides free life-saving services for women and newborns in underserved areas, aligning with the government’s health sector renewal agenda led by Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate.
Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Dauda Katagum, described the delivery as a historic first for the facility, noting that 422 pregnant women had so far benefitted from the programme.
The father of the quadruplets, a peasant farmer, expressed gratitude to NHIA but appealed for financial support to care for his growing family.
