Mother Of Quintuplets In Abuja Seeks Financial Support Of Nigerians To Stay Alive

Children are special gifts from God and the blessings of the marriage institution.
However, when these gifts tend to become a burden, they test ones faith in God.

Ekwi Ajide of our Abuja bureau reports the pathetic story of Mr. Nnamdi Egenti and his wife, Susan; an Abuja based couple, whose marriage of Sixteen Years was recently blessed with five children at once.

However, since putting to bed, ten days ago, through Caesarian operation; Mrs. Susan Egenti is still lying critically ill on the hospital bed at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, experiencing some complications which have resulted in her undergoing three postnatal delivery operations.

While the five children are reported to be doing fine by the day, their mother is struggling to stay alive and the hospital is doing everything possible to keep her steady on the way to full recovery.

But inadequate finance could be the bane of the joy of this couple, unless well-meaning Nigerians come to their immediate help.

For this couple from Umuawor-Nando, in Anambra East Local Government Area fund for settlement of hospital bills and continuous treatment to bring Mrs. Egenti back to her normal self has been a great challenge.

This is coupled with the need to care for the children. The family has however been enjoying the support of the hospital authority and staff, since their predicament started.

Presently, this mother of five and the children are in the intensive care unit of the hospital, at a cost of one hundred thousand naira per day.

Mr. Egenti has a small Chemist shop at Jabi Park, while the wife is a petty trader whose plastic wares shop is situated in one corner in front of her husband’s shop.
With their meager income, which has not even been steady since the crisis started, they can no longer meet their obligations towards purchasing drugs and meeting other requirements to keep Mrs Egenti and her children alive.

The couple is therefore appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to come to their aid in this their time of utmost need; to help with their hospital bills and other expenses that could keep the mother and her five children alive.
Dr. Tochi Nwoye who attended to the mother from conception to delivery said the mother never had any complications until the thirty fourth week when she developed high blood pressure.