A 36-year-old barber, Samuel Boateng, reportedly deserted his spouse after she gave beginning to triplets, following the beginning of twins a couple of years earlier.
This has left the 25-year-old spouse, Gloria Teye, and the infants, who’re within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), stranded on the Jap Regional Hospital in Koforidua.
Based on Gloria, she delivered at dwelling earlier than they had been transferred to the hospital.
Nonetheless, after the nurses knowledgeable her husband of the variety of infants, he fled the hospital and has since refused to reply any of their calls.
The triplets, she mentioned, are all boys, bringing their whole variety of youngsters to seven.
They embrace the earlier pair of twins and two different youngsters.
Dejected over her husband’s abandonment, the brand new mom expressed remorse over having extra youngsters.
She mentioned her husband had earlier raised considerations over the monetary burden of elevating a number of youngsters.
He complained in regards to the struggles in sustaining his barbershop, which is reportedly on the point of collapse.
“The final time I gave beginning to twins, and now triplets. I believe that’s why he’s sad as a result of he advised me throughout my being pregnant that issues had been laborious. Even the 4 youngsters we have already got are a burden to him. My husband runs a barbershop in Nkurakan, however the store is close to collapsing as a result of excessive electrical energy tariffs and low patronage,” she added.
In the meantime, the Jap Regional Hospital authorities have raised considerations over the growing variety of new moms stranded on the facility as a result of their incapacity to pay payments.