A mentally challenged woman has welcomed a baby boy in Anambra state after being rescued and rushed to Onitsha General Hospital in the state.
It was gathered that the lady was rescued and assisted after the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue received a distress call from a concerned citizen.
Governor Willie Obiano’s Special Assistant on New Media, Vincent O Ezechukwu revealed in a statement that the Honorable Commissioner, swung into action and immediately seek the assistance of the Women Development Officer (WDO)Of Onitsha North local government area who with a nurse rushed the woman to Onitsha General Hospital, where she was delivered of a bouncing baby boy.
Ezechukwu also disclosed that another mentally challenged woman, who is heavily pregnant, was rescued by the ministry’s security team and taken to a government facility where she will be cared for until her due date of delivery.
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The pregnant woman was rescued when the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue, received a distress call from a concern citizen who spotted the woman. On receiving the call, the Honorable Commissioner, swung into action and immediately seek the assistance of the Women Development Officer (WDO)Of Onitsha North local government area who with a nurse rushed the woman to Onitsha General Hospital, where she was delivered of a bouncing baby boy.
In a related development this time at Awka, another heavily pregnant mentally challenged woman was also rescued by the ministry’s security team. The Honorable Commissioner, on getting informed about the rescue ordered for the woman to be relocated to a government facility where she will be cared for until her due date of delivery.
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