Mrs Opeyemi J. Adejoro, the wife of Ebola survivor, Dr. Adewale Adejoro, has safely delivered a healthy Ebola-free baby girl at First Consultant Medical Centre, Lagos.
The hospital’s Medical Director, Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri made the birth announcement on Thursday.
Adejoro was one of those who came in contact with Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, the index case for the introduction of Ebola virus disease into Nigeria in July 2014.
The baby was born at 7.24pm on Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
The baby girl, weighing 3kg at birth (its placenta 450g), a product of a term gestation, was delivered following strict guidelines and recommendations from the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), USA, through the pre-natal and delivery stages.
In November 2015, First Consultant Medical Centre celebrated Dr Ada Igonoh’s safe delivery of a baby girl in the United States.
