Doctors battle to save 28 year old Pregnant Woman hits by terrorists’ rocket in Borno

Doctors battle to save 28 year old Pregnant Woman hits by terrorists’ rocket in Borno

By: Our Reporter

The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital has been battling since Thursday afternoon to save the life of 28 year old woman who was hit by rocket fired into Maiduguri, the Borno state capital by terrorists.

This happened shortly before the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari into the state to commission some projects of the Zulum administration in the state.

The rockets and grenades fired into the city by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on Thursday around Ajilari Cross and  Bulumkutu Communities in the state capital left five people dead and 16 others critically injured.

Officials at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), particularly those in the Surgical Department and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are currently making frantic efforts to save the life of Hajja Maryam Abba Maini, a 28-year-old pregnant woman.

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Bulumkutu ward is less than three Kilometers away from Maiduguri International Airport and the Air Force Base where Mr President and his entourage landed before they all joined official vehicles to commission some projects including the first ever flyover bridge in the state since its creation some 40 years ago.

Hajja Maryam according to reports left her home with the intention of plating her hair when she fell victim of the rocket attack around Bullumkuttu ward of Maiduguri.

It was gathered that when sympathizers rushed to rescue her they discovered she was badly hit and following clinical examination she was found to have been hit at the abdomen and that she was also pregnant.

Maryam was among dozens  of others hit by the terrorists rocket on Thursday. It was learnt that the rocket also penetrated the unborn child, killing him in the stomach.

Doctors at the UMTH said the baby was about 6 months in the womb and dead before she was brought to the hospital.

NEWSng gathered that immediately after she was rushed to the accident and emergency unit at the health facility, medical personnel tried the best they could to operate on her and remove the dead baby, while she was responding to treatment at the ICU.

Also a Source at the UMTH who is not authorized to talk to the press confirmed this development, even as he said, “the victim is amongst several others responding to treatment and in stable condition as at Friday afternoon.”

Doctors battle to save 28 year old Pregnant Woman hits by terrorists’ rocket in Borno