The University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has taken delivery of its first set of triplets via an in vitro fertilization procedure (IVF) in the hospital.
The delivery of the babies lasted 45 minutes. Hospital authorities say the mother and the babies, all females, are in good condition. The babies weighed 1.4 kg, 2.5 kg, and 2.4 kg, respectively.
The excited father of the babies, Dr. Kehinde Osiki of the Department of History and Strategic Studies at the University of Lagos, couldn’t contain his joy as he watched the birth of his babies.
He said technology has brought relief to the problems often attributed to spirituality, adding that instead of people carrying the burden of superstition, they should seek scientific solutions to their problems.
Osiki encouraged couples who could not fertilize not to lose hope, stressing that there were solutions to their problems.
The triplets’ mother is an employee of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Ibadan.
While expressing delight over the delivery, the UCH Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, described it as another success story for the hospital. He pointed out that the commitment to take UCH to an enviable level had played out with the commencement of the IVF in 2020 and the delivery of the first set of babies through the process.
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