Many residents said they had never seen such an incident in the district. They said such incidents were just reported in other places but they did not believe.
Bududa residents this afternoon flooded Bududa hospital to
see a mother who has given birth to four babies.
Many residents who spoke to Uganda Radio Network and included Andrew Khaukha, Kakala Netonje and Merida Nafuna, they
had never seen such an incident in the district. They said such incidents were
just reported in other places but they had never believed.
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Jane Nandala, a mother who gave birth to four children from
Tsekululu Sub County in Namisindwa district said she thought the babies were
three as it showed in the first scan that she had months ago but not four.
She said it was unfortunate that all the four children died hours
after she delivered.
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Sauda Nambozo the officer in charge of the maternity ward at Bududa hospital
said it was the first time for a mother to give birth to more than two
children in the Bududa hospital but said
it normal more especially when the mother releases more than one egg to be fertilized.
She
added that that in such a case as has happened, when these eggs later undergo cell division, they can divide into
more than two fetuses.
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Suza Irong the nursing officer also attached to the maternity ward however attributed the death of the babies to delays to attend antenatal services.
She said if that mother had started attending antenatal clinic in
time, they would have had a way of knowing how many children she was bearing and
could have saved the children.
She appealed to other mothers to always attend antenatal
services so that they don’t fall victims of such circumstance.
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Andrew Nakhaboya
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