…as Hospital delivered quadruplet under programme
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has called on Nigerian families, particularly the vulnerable struggling to pay for healthcare, to take advantage of its free maternal and newborn care services across the country.
The programme, known as Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (CEmONC), is designed to save the lives of mothers and newborns in underserved communities.
Speaking during a recent visit to the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital, Azare, Bauchi State, Kelechi Ohiri, director General of National Health Insurance Authority, who was represented by Mustapha Mohammed, the NHIA Bauchi State Coordinator, highlighted the programme’s role in protecting families from the financial and social burdens of emergency healthcare.
“CEmONC is a life-saving emergency care for women and newborns for the vulnerable population in underserved areas like Gambaki village where Hauwa lives. Therefore, the programme is intended to address the leading causes of maternal deaths in Nigeria and protect families from financial and social pain. For Hauwa, her family and all other beneficiaries of the programme, all treatments are covered free,” he was quoted saying in a statement on Wednesday.
Ohiri congratulated the management and staff of the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital Azare for the successful delivery of a set of quadruplets for a beneficiary of the CEmONC.
The babies, two boys and two girls were delivered through a caesarean section on Thursday, 18th September, 2025 after the mother, Hauwa Usman, 35, was earlier diagnosed with a set of triplets and malpresentation of fetus but eventually delivered of quadruplets.
He commended the husband for transporting his wife all the way from Gambaki village, 35 kilometers away from Azare, headquarters of Katagum LGA of Bauchi State to access the CEmONC programme.
He noted that the prompt conveyance of the mother to a tertiary facility during her peripartum period saved her life, the babies and protected the family from the catastrophic effects of huge financial bills.
Speaking at the occasion, the Chief Medical Director of the facility, Dauda A. Katagum, represented by the Head of Clinical Services, Sani Abdullahi Giade appreciated NHIA for the intervention he said has saved many lives in the facility and provided succor to the vulnerable.
He noted that 422 pregnant women have benefitted from programme in the facility, noting that the quadruplet was the first to be delivered since the commencement of the programme in the facility and commended NHIA for the initiative.
