Wife abandoned by husband after giving birth to triplets in Eastern Equatoria

TORIT – A man in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state has abandoned his wife after giving birth to triplets on Saturday last week, according to several residents there.

The woman in her 30s was reportedly told by the man that he would be back when he left supposedly for the market.

“He told them that he was going to teh market but since then, it has been almost a week now, he has never came back,” one resident who said he is familiar with the issue told Sudans Post from Kapoeta this morning.

Separately, Elizabeth Gift, a nurse at the Kapoeta hospital told Eye Radio that the unidentified woman was admitted at the hospital where she works, shortly before giving birth.

“She was admitted on Friday evening then she gave birth on Saturday evening. So it was a normal delivery,” said Elizabeth said.

“…after seeing the three babies, he started complaining that ‘how comes that this woman is giving birth to such abnormal babies. He said this woman wants to kill him,” she added.

She further said two of the three have, unfortunately, died.

“Both babies were fine but yesterday night one of them passed away, then the other one also passed away this morning,” she said adding that the young woman need the assistant of well-wishers.

“We are still here with her because she has no relatives.”