It was celebration galore, yesterday, at the
premises of First Consultant Medical Centre,
Obalende, Lagos as management of the hospital took
time out to celebrate the safe delivery of one of its
own, Dr. Ada Igonoh, the female doctor who survived
the dreaded Ebola virus in Nigeria
.premises of First Consultant Medical Centre,
Obalende, Lagos as management of the hospital took
time out to celebrate the safe delivery of one of its
own, Dr. Ada Igonoh, the female doctor who survived
the dreaded Ebola virus in Nigeria
Igonoh was said to have delivered a baby girl at the
Greater El-Monte Community Hospital, California, USA
around 12.05 am local time and 3.05 pm California
time.
The baby girl weighed nine pounds and one ounce, a
little above four kilos at birth.
Addressing a press conference in Lagos, Chief
Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri,
said the baby has been certified Ebola free.
Elated Chief Medical Director said the baby is not only
a Nigerian baby but a pride to the hospital and the
country at large.
“This is the first of first. Last year we were visited
with the deadly disease, one year later, by the grace
of God we were saved from national calamity and we
have every reason to celebrate.”
Describing Dr Igonoh’s case as a divine intervention,
Ohiaeri explained that when a person survives Ebola it
is usually difficult for the survivor to get pregnant
and even when you get the pregnant it is difficult to
carry it and even deliver.
He said research is on-going to give medical
explanation to why it is difficult for an Ebola survivor
to conceive.
“Ada and her husband have made us proud. We thank
God she carried the baby and delivered safely. After
the delivery, we were told that the mother and baby
were fine and all the tests came out negative. They
are doing fine,” he added.
Ohiaeri further stated that the return of the mother
and child will be determined by further medical follow
ups.
“Everything about Dr. Igonoh has been divine because
she survived the deadly virus and started taking care
of other colleagues and also got pregnant and now
gave birth. It is all divine intervention.”
Dr. Igonoh travelled to California at 28 weeks of her
pregnancy for medical monitoring.
Also speaking, the husband, Godwin Igonoh, said he
had been in touch with his wife all through and can
confirm that she and the baby are fine.
Dr. Igonoh was one of the doctors at the hospital
who became infected with Ebola after being exposed
to Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian American, who collapsed
on arrival at Lagos airport.
She survived the virus alongside three other doctors.
A total of eight people in Nigeria, including Sawyer,
died of Ebola.
Greater El-Monte Community Hospital, California, USA
around 12.05 am local time and 3.05 pm California
time.
The baby girl weighed nine pounds and one ounce, a
little above four kilos at birth.
Addressing a press conference in Lagos, Chief
Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri,
said the baby has been certified Ebola free.
Elated Chief Medical Director said the baby is not only
a Nigerian baby but a pride to the hospital and the
country at large.
“This is the first of first. Last year we were visited
with the deadly disease, one year later, by the grace
of God we were saved from national calamity and we
have every reason to celebrate.”
Describing Dr Igonoh’s case as a divine intervention,
Ohiaeri explained that when a person survives Ebola it
is usually difficult for the survivor to get pregnant
and even when you get the pregnant it is difficult to
carry it and even deliver.
He said research is on-going to give medical
explanation to why it is difficult for an Ebola survivor
to conceive.
“Ada and her husband have made us proud. We thank
God she carried the baby and delivered safely. After
the delivery, we were told that the mother and baby
were fine and all the tests came out negative. They
are doing fine,” he added.
Ohiaeri further stated that the return of the mother
and child will be determined by further medical follow
ups.
“Everything about Dr. Igonoh has been divine because
she survived the deadly virus and started taking care
of other colleagues and also got pregnant and now
gave birth. It is all divine intervention.”
Dr. Igonoh travelled to California at 28 weeks of her
pregnancy for medical monitoring.
Also speaking, the husband, Godwin Igonoh, said he
had been in touch with his wife all through and can
confirm that she and the baby are fine.
Dr. Igonoh was one of the doctors at the hospital
who became infected with Ebola after being exposed
to Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian American, who collapsed
on arrival at Lagos airport.
She survived the virus alongside three other doctors.
A total of eight people in Nigeria, including Sawyer,
died of Ebola.
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