Esther Ayanae, a 24-year-old woman from Riokomor Village, is the first woman to undergo the first-ever Cesarean Section (CS) surgery at Lokitaung Sub-County Hospital in Turkana North.
The successful surgery was accomplished on April 5th at Dr Rafael Morcillo Theater in Lokitaung.
Expressing her gratitude to the medical team, Ayanae shared, "I cannot thank the doctors enough; while I was asleep, they delivered my baby." Just weeks later, Ayanae and her baby boy, who weighed 2.6 kilograms at birth, were doing well as the baby received his first immunization at 6 weeks at the Riokomor Dispensary, the facility that referred her for surgery.
The surgery was opted for due to breech presentation in a mother who had had a previous CS and therefore, the medical team, led by Dr Sin'goei Henry (Medical Officer), ensured they had the right equipment, drugs, and an immaculate condition to determine best surgical outcome.
