A 68-year-old woman was delivered of a set of twins in the The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba. This was announced via the Official twitter of the Hospital on Sunday, April 19, 2020.
The aged couple who have not had any child of their own before now, have been crown with a male and female twins.
According to the statement on its twitter handle on Sunday, signed by the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Council, Professor W.L Adeyemo:
“LUTH has successfully delivered a 68-year-old primigravida (pregnant for the first time) with twin (a male and a female) gestation (pregnancy) following an IVF conception. She was delivered through an elective Caesarean section at 37 weeks gestation on Tuesday, 14 April, 2020.
“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! Mothers and babies are well.”4/19/2020 - 7:38pm
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