‘Miracle’ quads moved to new hospital, doing well
THE “miracle” quadruplets from Nongoma and their mother had been transferred to the Lower Umfolozi War Memorial Regional Hospital in Empangeni, and were in a stable condition, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health has said.
On Monday, the mother and her babies were moved from Benedictine Hospital, a district hospital, to the Empangeni hospital,which has a specialised facility to care for obstetrics and neonatal patients.
The incident-free birth of the four babies at Benedictine Hospital on Sunday night was described as a miracle, as their mother, Nobuhle Qwabe, had not attended antenatal classes and had only found out that she was carrying quadruplets when they were born. She gave birth naturally.
According to paediatrician Dr Zama Duze, the four babies are in the neonatal ICU ward. The department said the babies were breathing on their own and had begun feeding on milk from their mother. They would remain in the ward until doctors were satisfied that they had put on enough weight.
On Monday, patients flocked to the maternity ward at Benedictine Hospital, hoping to see the quadruplets. Doctors had to intervene and ask that they be given space and privacy.
Congratulatory messages for the hospital staff who delivered the babies were received from as far as Pretoria. – Mercury Reporter LONDON: The US AttorneyGeneral, Loretta Lynch, has promised more arrests at Fifa as her investigation of corruption has “now expanded” since executives of the football world governing body were held in Zurich in May.
Her Swiss counterpart, Michael Lauber, said his separate investigation of criminal practices in the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup had seized assets, including “apartments in the Swiss Alps”.
The two officials gave a joint press conference at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, the same hotel where several of Fifa’s top executives were arrested in dawn raids almost four months ago.
Lynch said new charges and arrests against “individuals and entities” were anticipated.
Asked whether Fifa’s outgoing president, Sepp Blatter, was wise to be avoiding travel to North America, as his no-show at the Women’s World Cup final in Canada in July was perceived, she said: “I’m not going to comment on individuals and I am not able to give you information about Mr Blatter’s travel plans.”
Lauber said his office was still in the process of going through about 11 terabytes of data seized from Fifa and other sources, and it was impossible to know how long it might take.
On the question raised at the weekend, over Blatter’s signing of a contract for the sale of 2010 and 2014 World Cup TV rights to the disgraced Caribbean football executive, Jack Warner, for around £400 000 (R8.2 million), which were then sold on for £11 million, Lauber said: “This specific case we received on Sunday and it will be analysed by us to see if this is really valuable or not.”
On that case, Mark Pieth, a Swiss legal expert once hired by Fifa to advise on anti-corruption, said: “Blatter has to defend himself against a form of embezzlement charges. They have prima facie evidence. That means they have to open an investigation.” – The Independent