Instead, she had to watch her babies, born seven weeks premature, die one by one, their fragile under-developed lungs unable to fight off the ravages of pneumonia. NOT THE FULL STORYThe births and subsequent deaths of the quintuplets is however not the full story of premature babies in Kenya today. Tasha was born last year at 27 weeks weighing 550 grammes, slightly heavier than a loaf of bread. “My first born was born at 28 weeks weighing one kilogramme, the second was born at 30 weeks weighing a kilogramme as well. Most private insurance companies are non-committal on paying hospital bills for babies born too soon leaving most parents at the mercy of public fund-raising.

Source: Daily Nation November 17, 2017 07:41 UTC