Yesterday, a Facebook user shared the story of a pregnant young woman who was stranded at the Iji Nike Cottage Hospital in Enugu because there was no medical personnel present to attend to her.
As she crowned, her husband ran into the street, calling for help. Luckily, he met kind people, one of whom was a doctor.
She set up a makeshift emergency room in the tricycle that brought in the pregnant woman and delivered her of her baby boy.
Read the story as shared by the doctor’s husband, ‘Fred Ekete‘ who was present at the scene:
“On my way to see my mother in-law with my family this evening. My sister in-law whose family house is directly opposite the LGA health centre (Iji Nike Cottage Hospital, Near Enugu East Development Centre Nkwo Nike) flagged us down (we didn’t plan to stop by), few minutes later a young man in his late twenties ran in panting: “my wife is in Labour in that health centre and there is nobody there.”
In less than 5 minutes a mobile hospital was set setup in the “keke” that brought in the woman. To the glory of God, my wife who is a doctor, delivered the woman of a bouncing baby boy at 6:30pm 01/01/2016. My sisters in-law turned nurses instantly and the torchlight in my phone provided the lighting. Thank you Lord.”
