Yaounde Central Hospital : All About The Departed Quadruplets

It was during the early hours of Monday, May 11, at about 12:50 am, when the medical team on duty at the maternity ward of the Yaounde Central Hospital received Anne Christelle Ntsama, aged 21. She was coming from the Efoulan District Hospital, carrying a pregnancy which was at its 22st week. On hand to receive her were Nathalie Pikop and Linda Matchim, both midwives on duty. Anne Christelle complained of pelvic pain. After examining her, the midwives realised she was effectively pregnant and those pains where linked to uterine contraction, meaning she was in labour. Nathalie Pikop and her team also found out that from the date of Anne Christelle’s last menstrual flow, the pregnancy was 22 weeks. However, the stomach was too big for a 22 weeks’ pregnancy, the midwives explained. The midwives also noticed there were two-foetus heartbeat and concluded it was a twin pregnancy. 
After a virginal examination, it was realised that Anne Christelle cervix was fully dilated indicating that she was about putting to birth. When asked what she had brought for the delivery of her babies, Ann Christelle could not provide anything. The midwives took basic items from other women to assist the 22-year-old. In less than 20 minutes after her arrival, she put to bed the first baby. Shortly after, she put to bed the second quadruplets. But the midwife, Nathalie Pikop said her stomach was still very big. At this point, she called the gynaecologist on duty, a senior resident, Dr Yannick Messakop. He carried out the delivery of the third and fourth babies. All of this took place between 1:10 am to 1: 40 a.m.
The Chief Midwife at the Labour room, Susan Abangmu and her team realised that the weight of the different babies was between 1 kg and below. The babies were kept at the neonatal unit of the hospital for proper care and oxygen provision. Given that the babies were not only premature but too tiny with two of them having respiratory problems, Dr Yannick Messakop and his team sorted out better paediatric care from the Chantal Biya Foundation, the Yaounde Teaching Hospital and the Yaounde Gynaecological and Paediatric hospital to no avail....