Everline Namukhula, who gave birth to quintuplets from Shisokhe village in Navakholo sub-county, Kakamega, is dead.
Namukhula passed away while undergoing treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.She is said to have complained of chest pains last night.Namukhula’s doctors said she had a blood clot which blocked vessels in her lungs.For four days she was on medication and was seemingly improving.But last evening, she was placed on antibiotics.
Doctors had recommended a scan to spot the clot.Namukhula shortly started vomiting and had a fever. She had difficulty breathing before collapsing.The 28-year-old mother was taken to the semi-intensive care unit but she was pronounced dead on arrival.She lost two of her newborns barely a week ago.Doctors will conduct a postmortem to issue a full report on the death since she had been medically stable.Namukhula made the headlines last month when she gave birth to the quintuplets – three girls and two boys.Before the five, she had four children, two of whom are twins.At the time, she said, “I am happy, and I thank God for blessing me with five children at once. We have many people who would want to have children, but they are unable to get due to health challenges.”
