Prisons inmate dies of complications after delivery of twins

The life of a prison inmate in Calabar, Cross River State, was cut short after she successfully delivered a set of healthy twins last week.

A spokesperson of the Calabar Prison Command, ASP Effanga Etim, in a statement on Thursday broke the sad news that the Calabar Prison Inmate who delivered twins at the General Hospital on April 17 has died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital due to post-natal complications.

Etim disclosed that the nursing mother died two days after delivery due to protracted complications despite efforts by the prison authorities and the Cross River State Government to save her life.

The Prison Public Relations Officer explained the intervention of the Cross-River Commissioner for Health and the prison authorities facilitated the provision of the funds needed for the caesarean section which assisted the inmate to be delivered of twins: a boy and a girl named Ben and Linda Ayade.

The prison authorities, however, assured the public that the health and welfare of prisoners remain its top priority.

The deceased was remanded by a high court in Calabar on Nov. 5, 2018, with six months pregnancy for alleged child theft.

She delivered twins at the General Hospital, Calabar and was referred to the Teaching Hospital following birth complications.