Nigeria's first In Vitro Fertilisation child has gained admission to study medicine overseas in order to help families in search of babies of their own.
17-year-old Hannatu Kupchi
Nigeria's first test-tube baby, Miss Hannatu Kupchi, has decided to study medicine exactly 17 years after she was born through In Vitro Fertilisation‎ (IVF).
Kupchi's birth on February 11, 1998 at Nisa Premier Hospital in Abuja, signalled a major milestone in medical practice in Nigeria, a feat which opened the doors to many such scientifically-aided child deliveries in the country.
Speaking during a reception organised in her honour by the Nisa Hospital management on Sunday, Kupchi said she had secured admission to study medicine at a Hungarian university.
Kupchi said her desire to study medicine stemmed from her immense love for children and motherhood.
She said by her birth, misconceptions about IVF were broken and that many more children had been brought into this world as well.
"I barely made it beyond the cut off mark. God helped me. I am going to try my best and make everyone proud. I am studying medicine because I want to be a doctor. I want to study it because I want God to use me to help families who suffered what my parents went through," she said.