Triplets discharged from hospital

By Gladys Kalibbala

Hawa Namaganda, the mother to the triplets who were rushed to Mulago hospital in a bad state two weeks ago can now afford a smile and sigh of relief after their health improved.

Her three baby girls have been discharged after intensive treatment by the doctors in Ward 1 C at Mulago hospital.

The tiny babies have also been fed on special milk from Mwanamugimu Nutritional department and will for some time return to the hospital for weekly reviews.

“The babies can now suckle properly and the temperature which was high before is now normal,” Namaganda said.

“Doctors have advised me to continue giving them Formula Milk 1 so that they can gain some weight.”

She however says she still has pain in the legs as well as the caesarean wound. She had visited the Vision Group offices a few weeks ago for assistance where it was discovered that the babies were sick and in urgent need of medical attention.

The media company raised funds and took them to Mulago hospital. The staff contributed money for her stay at the hospital.

New Vision also donated sh1m for the care of the ailing triplets.

Namaganda’s husband Abdul Balinnya, a hawker and a resident of Masajja Zone B fled and switched off his phone on learning that she had produced triplets, leaving her in distress.

But a Good Samaritan, a Bukedde FM fan Winfred Kabanda a.k.a. Ssenga Smart of Zana Kikajjo zone rescued the stranded babies when Namaganda abandoned them at her home. She later traced her and counseled her.

Kabanda was caring for them at the hospital until Namaganda’s mother, Nubuwati Nakibuuka from Butambala showed up after three years of not seeing her daughter [Namaganda].

Nakibuuka from Kasekere village in Bbya Zone did not know about the pregnancy.

The triplets’ mother met her husband in 2008 as she worked as a house girl at Seguku.

“When he took me to his home, he stopped me from working any further and could not allow me to go back home,” Namaganda explained.

Ssenga Smart has offered to continue looking after the babies and mother at her home.