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Amid the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has successfully delivered a 68-year-old first time mother of twins.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports LUTH made this known on Sunday, saying the 68-year-old first time mother was delivered through an elective caesarean section at 37 weeks gestation on Tuesday 14th April 2020.
According to LUTH, the primigravida (pregnant for the first time) woman was delivered of a baby boy and a baby girl following an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) conception.
“The IVF and embryo transfer were done at an outside facility. She was thereafter referred to LUTH at early gestation and subsequently managed till term. This is the first in LUTH, Nigeria and Africa! Mother and babies are well,” said Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, LUTH Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC).