Kakamega woman who gave birth to quintuplets is dead

Everline Namukhula, who died on Saturday. [Courtesy]

Everline Namukhula, who gave birth to quintuplets from Shisokhe village in Navakholo sub-county, Kakamega, is dead.

Namukhula passed away while undergoing treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.

She is said to have complained of chest pains last night.

Namukhula's doctors said she had a blood clot which blocked vessels in her lungs.

For four days she was on medication and was seemingly improving.

But last evening, she was placed on antibiotics.

Everline Namukhula's quintuplets in March. [Courtesy]

Doctors had recommended a scan to spot the clot.

Namukhula shortly started vomiting and had a fever. She had difficulty breathing before collapsing.

The 28-year-old mother was taken to the semi-intensive care unit but she was pronounced dead on arrival.

She lost two of her newborns barely a week ago.

Doctors will conduct a postmortem to issue a full report on the death since she had been medically stable.

Namukhula made the headlines last month when she gave birth to the quintuplets - three girls and two boys.

Before the five, she had four children, two of whom are twins.

At the time, she said, “I am happy, and I thank God for blessing me with five children at once. We have many people who would want to have children, but they are unable to get due to health challenges."