The quintuplets born at Matata Nursing Home, Oyugis town on
Sunday morning have passed on.
The bereaved mother, Jacinta Ochieng, lost two of
her babies, a boy and a girl, immediately after birth while the remaining
three- two boys and girl died at Kisii Teaching and Referral
Hospital where they had been moved to for better incubation. One died on
Sunday night at 11 pm and the last two at 6 am on Tuesday morning.
According to the health officials at the hospital, the
babies succumbed to pneumonia and other birth
related complications before their arrival at the hospital.
Hospital Matron, Florence Ogero revealed that the
deaths were caused by “disseminated cardiovascular collapse” which
are complications related to the heart and blood vessels.
The matron attributed the loss to missed antenatal visits by
Ms. Jacinta.
Ms. Ogero who believes that the loss was God-planned and
beyond human control revealed that the children were born underweight with
1.5KG’s instead of the required 3.5kGs.
It was not immediately clear whether the bodies would be
transported for burial at Mr. Okumu's Kachieng’ Bongu Village home in
Rachuonyo, Homa Bay County.
The bereaved mother who is a casual laborer married to
one Josephat Okumu, a cane cutter at Sukary Industry Ltd in
Ndhiwa said that it would take time for her to come to terms with her loss.
"We still thank God in all this. We leave all this to
Him," she told the media at the hospital.
