{"id":3549,"date":"2026-04-16T05:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/?p=3549"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:35:36","slug":"quadruplets-mother-dies-in-lagos-hospital-over-%e2%82%a63m-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/?p=3549","title":{"rendered":"Quadruplets\u2019 Mother Dies in Lagos Hospital Over \u20a63m Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quadruplets\u2019 Mother Dies in Lagos Hospital Over \u20a63m Bill<\/p>\n<p>A 28-year-old woman, Charity Anani, has died at a private hospital in Lagos after developing complications following the delivery of quadruplets.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at a facility in the Igando area of Lagos, where the woman had been receiving treatment after giving birth on February 27, 2026. Reports indicate that the delivery involved both natural birth and a caesarean section due to complications.<\/p>\n<p>Family sources said the hospital bill rose to about \u20a63 million, which the family struggled to pay. This reportedly delayed their discharge as the newborns required intensive care, including oxygen support and incubator services.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband disclosed that on April 3, 2026, the woman developed breathing difficulties and was attended to by medical personnel but later died.<\/p>\n<p>One of the quadruplets was also reported to have died earlier, while the remaining three babies are said to be alive and currently in the care of relatives.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has generated reactions over the handling of patients with unpaid medical bills and the broader challenges facing maternal healthcare in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to get official comments from the hospital were unsuccessful as of press time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quadruplets\u2019 Mother Dies in Lagos Hospital Over \u20a63m Bill A 28-year-old woman, Charity Anani, has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-3549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","tag-trending"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268.jpg",800,495,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268-300x186.jpg",300,186,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268-768x475.jpg",640,396,true],"large":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268.jpg",640,396,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268.jpg",800,495,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268.jpg",800,495,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268.jpg",800,495,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268.jpg",800,495,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001782268-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Eluwa Tochukwu"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/?cat=26\" rel=\"category\">Breaking News<\/a>","tag_info":"Breaking News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3550,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3549\/revisions\/3550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikorofmnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}