After 69 years, UCH delivers its first successful VIF
The Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, on Wednesday confirmed the hospital delivered its first Vitro Fertilisation surgery in the hospital. The procedure according to the hospital commenced at about 1 pm on Wednesday and lasted about 46 minutes. 3 die in Anambra cult war Freed Kaduna Student: Bandits fed us […]
University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan
The Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, on Wednesday confirmed the hospital delivered its first Vitro Fertilisation surgery in the hospital.
The procedure according to the hospital commenced at about 1 pm on Wednesday and lasted about 46 minutes.
Daily Trust learnt that the babies weighed 1.4kg, 2.5kg and 2.4kg respectively while their mother and the babies are in good condition.
The elated father of the babies, Dr Kehinde Osiki of the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, was said to be on the ground to witness the delivery of the babies.
The father of the newborn babies, who expressed joy on the arrival of the babies, said, “Technology has brought relief to problems often attributed to spirituality.”
He said instead of people carrying the burden of superstition, they should seek scientific solutions to problems, adding that married couples who could not have babies should not lose hope as solutions abound.