Mrs Bolanle Ambode, Lagos State Governor’s Wife, on Tuesday visited a set of quadruplets in Festac Town, Lagos, with a call on pregnant women, particularly those with multiple gestation, to register with government hospitals for quality care.
The governor’s wife, represented by Mrs Folashade Kadiri, Assistant Director, Public Affairs Department in her office, visited the babies at the Amuwo Odofin Maternal and Child Centre (AOMCC), FESTAC Town.
Ambode said that early registration would enable expectant mothers to get adequate ante-natal care from qualified and experienced medical personnel during and after pregnancy.
She donated money, baby beds, mattresses, diapers and clothes to the quadruplets – two boys and two girls – born to Mr and Mrs Martin Onwuka. They weighed 2.6 kg, 2.3 kg, 2.2 kg and 2.0 kg at birth.
The governor’s wife also visited a set of triplets equally delivered in the hospital.
She also gave gifts to the two boys and a girl born to Mr and Mrs Chilem Nwaoha while reiterating that expectant mothers should be properly monitored and managed in government hospitals during pregnancy and after child birth.
Ambode urged the parents of the babies to take care of them, advising that they should ensure regular checkup and routine immunisation for the children.
The Medical Director of AOMCC, Dr Dapo Soyinka, said that the babies were full term and delivered safely.
Mrs Bolatito Olawale, the Chief Matron of the hospital, advised expectant mothers to strictly heed to doctors’ advice.
In his response, the father of the quadruplets, Onwuka, hailed the state Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode for `his good works’ and thanked the wife of the governor for her benevolence..